Coach of losing team could have held the ball, though it seems like they might not have had the talent to do it for very long. They could have played whack-a-shaq since the kid could seem to hit 15 footers. Very little difference from Nebraska beating up on an early season opponent.
But, as an official, I am not keeping track of how some kid is doing with points unless there is a milestone like 1000 points and the game is going to stop to honor the accomplishment. And if a kid needs 37 to get to 1000, I sure as heck am not keeping track. And even if it is 8 or 9, that is why there is an official scorer. And the timer will no doubt sound the horn at the time of the occurrence.
In this case, I would find out in the paper after the fact and think it was like beating my kid brother one-on-one in the driveway as an accomplishment.
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