Officials err in OT game

[BayStateRef]

Originally Posted by tomegun

Isn't this bad reporting? Did the officials give one team another point or did they come to the conclusion that the book needed to be fixed and that is how the team got the point? It just sounds like the officials made this decision and the book didn't have anything to do with it.

I think the reporting is good enough to suggest strongly what happened.
From an earlier story:

There were several scoreboard errors Thursday that ended up awarding Miller Career Academy two extra points in regulation. With the game tied 65-65, Miller held the ball for the last shot and then missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Before the four-minute overtime period began, the referees decided to award another point to host Miller Career Academy. So overtime started with Miller leading by one, 66-65.

The follow-up story says the officials had a problem reconciling the scorebook with the scoreboard because the scorebook did not have the running score.

From this, I gather the officials had the scorer count up all the points in the book. That made the score 66-65, and should have ended the game since the OT had not started.

We don't know why the visitors did not have a scorer, why the reporter had the score different (he had the visiting team ahead 64-62) or why there was no much confusion.