Thread: 4-41-2 - Try
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Old Tue Jun 28, 2011, 08:40am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by NCHSAA View Post
4-41-2: "A try for field goal is an attempt by a player to score two or three points by throwing the ball into a team's own basket..."

Simple question here, if a player shoots in the wrong basket why do the points count for the other team according to the above?? I know I'm not connecting something somewhere.

Thanks!!
Read rule 5 "how points are scored". You'll see that a try isn't required.
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