shoe comes off, stop play or not?

[MJT]

If a kids shoe comes off, and the opponents get the ball, should you stop the game? The team was not in the middle of a fast break, but they were starting to push the ball. Now if it is their ball, I say yes, but if the opponents have the ball, I say no.

Revision; the ball was stolen by the defense on this play so the ball never became dead. The team started to push the ball up the floor to score, but it was blown dead for the shoe.

This was a varsity game between two top 10 rated teams.

[Edited by MJT on Dec 14th, 2004 at 10:39 AM]