Held ball: good call??

[JClay]

I was watching a varsity girls high school game the other night, and here's what happened:

Player A has posession of the ball under her own basket, and falls on top of the ball, Player B falls on top of player A. Player B stays on top of player A to keep player A from handling the ball. The ref calls a held ball/jump ball.

Is this correct?

[mick]

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Originally posted by JClay on 01-13-2000 10:29 PM
I was watching a varsity girls high school game the other night, and here's what happened:

Player A has posession of the ball under her own basket, and falls on top of the ball, Player B falls on top of player A. Player B stays on top of player A to keep player A from handling the ball. The ref calls a held ball/jump ball.

Is this correct?

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Not necessarily correct, but very common.
A Ref would have to see it, and may then call a foul on B, if as you indicated the ball was on the floor, A was on the ball and B was on A and didn't have a hold of the ball.
mick

[Alaska Ref]

JClay,

If the player had the ball and fell on it, it should be traveling! Now if she had got the ball on the floor and then B player lands on top of A it's a foul on B.

Good luck and keep asking all the Questions you can.

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Don