funny start...partner not happy

[daveg144]

Sunday morning at 8:00-girls AAU U-16 game. First game in the "elimination" round of tournament. My partner throws the jump ball, black controls the ball in their frontcourt and takes two dribbles and goes the wrong way (into the backcourt). I pause a second (to make sure I've got my directions straight) and then blow the whistle for a backcourt violation. My partner rushes up to me and says it's not a violation because she never had control of the ball. I told him she took two dribbles (she was clearly in control, she just got confused) and was in control of the ball.

He said, "If you want to change my judgement call, go ahead!" and walked away. I said, "I'm just telling you what I saw and why I called the violation."

I gave the ball to white, set the arrow to white and off we went.

No other incidents in the game, but I was a bit surprised at my partner's reaction.