First to touch

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Just got home from a 5th grade boys game ( I coach my son's traveling team ) . Time running down ,, about 30 seconds left and there is a jump ball. I thought that there was a jump ball on the previous possession so I asked the official if that was the case . He said that it wasn't a jump ball , that our player knocked the ball out of bounds and was the first one to touch it when he came back in. I thanked him and went on with the game. My question is: I thought as long as the player did not go out of bounds intentionally that they could be the first to touch the ball after coming back in ( don't have my books with me ) . Just wondering >>>> a little brain dead today with all the basketball we've been playing ( coach 5th grade boys, 8th grade girls and officiate ) .


Thanks