LSU/Stanford charge (Women's)

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Nate1224hoops

I saw Augustus falling back before contact was ever made. She obviously excentuated the contact. The lead never made an effort to make the call and the play was less than 3 feet away.

Originally Posted by icallfouls

JMO, but I thought it would have been a better no call.

I agree that a "no call" may have been best in this situation. In the replay you see the Lead looking dead on the play and he chose to pass.

I think this play goes directly back to the block/charge/(traveling) video thread (and Nevada's post in this thread) where I brought up the subject of primary and secondary defenders. The Lead is in perfect position to referee the defense as it applies to the secondary defender (B2). The Trail had a lot on her plate already with a very athletic A1 penetrating against tight defense from B1.

[pizanno]

Lead goes with the ball. Trail picks up the crash. No?

Let's see if that official moves on. I bet she does. Gutsy call. If she passes, then LSU has the gripe.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by pizanno

Lead goes with the ball. Trail picks up the crash. No?

Let's see if that official moves on. I bet she does. Gutsy call. If she passes, then LSU has the gripe.

She may move on. The parts of the game I saw were officiated very well. And in realtime that play appears to be a charge from her vantage point. My debate on this call is whether or not the Trail had the best view of the secondary defender. In the replay the Lead is staring directly at the defender in question (Ausgustus) but doesn't have a whistle.

Had the Trail decided to pass on the call she would not have been hurt by the replay. Replay clearly shows Augustus flinging her pelvis into Wiggins and then flopping to the floor.