Not Notified of Fifth Foul

[tazzeroo2002]

At the end of the second overtime period a foul is called on Team A. Team B is in the double bonus. After the first free throw, two Team B players are at the table to sub in and are beckoned in. B6 and B7 come on the floor. Before B1 shoots her last free throw, the buzzer sounds and the scorekeeper calls the trail official to the table. The scorekeeper informs the official that B6 has 5 fouls. The officials confer and do not recall ever disqualifying a player from Team B (they weren't aware anyone had reached five fouls and thus had not notified the coach or the player.) The scorekeeper says that he informed the officials by raising his hand with all five fingers out when the foul was reported, but cannot recall if the player was ever formally disqualified from the game. Would you penalize Team B for playing a player after disqualification? How would you handle the situation?

As a secondary issue, in addition to scorekeeping, the official scorekeeper also did the public address for the game. The scorekeeper, who is also Team A's Athletic Director, confronts the officials after the game and makes it clear that he thought the two officials (who did not penalize Team B, simply asked B6 to leave the game) handled the situation poorly and should have penalized Team B. The officials feel the AD was distracted by doing both jobs. The two officials are concerned, despite feeling that they called an otherwise good game, that this could jeopardize their opportunities to work future games at this school and in the conference.

Is there any rule relating to limitations on the scorekeeper to do only scorekeeping duties? How would you handle this aspect of the situation?