The Official Forum - Correctable or not

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Originally posted by PP
In the senior girls championship tournament game last night, my partner and I encountered this situation. We were in the fourth quarter and A1 got called for a personal foul. The scorer tells my partner that it is one and bonus. So therefore we administer the free throw. She (A1) shoots and misses and play goes on. While B1 is bringing up the ball and makes it to her frontcourt the timer blows the horn repeatedly. Uh! What is going on here? So B1 with the ball starts to walk. So tweet ...travelling violation. Oops! the coach goes wild. So I go to the scorer's table and ask what is going on with the buzzer? The scorer tells me that is not one and bonus but double bonus! Well, since the ball is dead at this point and it has not become alive again I decided to go back and let A1 shoot the second free and let the play continue from this point. Is this correct ?

Almost!

As mentioned, it is a correctable error. A1 shoots the 2nd free throw. However, I think it is fair to ignore the travel by B, and that since there was a change in possesion, A1 will shoot her 2nd free throw with the lanes cleared, and B will inbound the ball at the closet spot to where B1 was.

The official not having a whistle as soon as the buzzer went is an opportunity to learn preventative officiating. Let's not disadvantage B because the timer or scorer made a mistake.

..Mike