Player Hanging on Rim....

[CMHCoachNRef]

The following play occurred in a High School Regional Final Boys Game in Ohio this past weekend.

A3 drove into the lane and picked up his dribble as he was just inside the college "restricted area arc." (not relevant in NFHS, but just providing additional description as to position on the floor)
A3 used a head and ball fake causing defender B5 to leap into the air.
B5 realized that A3 had faked the shot and was below B5.
B5 grabbed the rim to avoid crunching the player below him (A3).
A3 went up for the shot.
B3 held A3 as A3 was about to shoot the ball.
B5 by this time has released the rim. The ball then got up to the basket and is not touched either on the way up or the way down and does not go into the basket.

The crew called a foul on B3 (that resulted in two FTs) and did not call anything on B5 referring to the fact that a player is permitted to grasp the ring in an attempt to avoid an injury.

One of the evaluators indicated that a B5 should have received a technical foul for grasping the rim in an attempt to avoid committing a foul.

Case plays involving hanging on the rim all seem to refer to the player dunking or shooting the ball. There does not seem to be a reference to a defensive player. One case play (10.3.4, I believe) does reference player A1 losing his balance while shooting a shot and grabbing the rim. This play is legal per the Case Book.

Technical? Shooting foul only? Both a technical foul and shooting the two shots for the foul?