Delay of Game Coming Out of Half

[Larks]

I was working a 7th / 8th DH yesterday and I was the R in the 8th grade game. At 1 min before the half was supposed to start, the visiting team (B) was no where to be found. The table hammers the horn....perhaps longer than usual. No visitors. So...Home team (A) breaks huddle and is ready...still no team B. I signal the table to sound the horn again. It's gonna be A's ball and they're ready. Finally right at the point where I have A1 in position across from the table to throw in for A...Team B walks in.

NF 7.5.1 (Somewhat paraphrased) A Specific procedure is used to prevent delay in resuming play following a time out or the intermission between any quarters. The timer will sound the warning and final signal. The admin official will then sound a whistle to indicate play will resume.

Ok...we did all that. My problem was the absent team was to be on defense. My partner wanted me to T Team B. I didnt....read on.

7.5.1 Section A Says: The Ball shall be put into play f Team A is ready or it shall be placed on the floor.

Ok...If we did that....it could lead to chaos. Team B running in...too many bodies on the floor....etc. etc. Ugliness.

Here is what I did...I thought.."Ok...preventative officiating"...I hustled B along and as soon as they had 5 bodies on the floor which was pretty quickly, I hit my whistle and made the ball avail to A.

Other questions:

B is not there and you T them. Is it direct on the coach or just a team tech? How many T's? One? Example...you Call a T on B...who isnt there...and then what...wait? Do you go ahead and award the throws in B's absense? Do you make the ball avail to A and let them run 1 play?

Anyone have this problem? How did you handle? Please give me a more specific procedure NF reference for this case.

Larks - VIT