MS Injury question

[chapmaja]

This happened in a middle school game last week.

Team A shoots and misses. In the fight for the rebound Team B secures the rebound and everyone heads up the court. As the trail I see A55 laying on the ground grabbing his ankle. Team B is just dribbling the ball slowly up the court. What should I do?

The rules say I let play continue until Team A gets the ball back. Given this was a MS game I blew the whistle and stopped play. One of the reasons for this was Team B tends to be very deliberate in their offense, having passed the ball around for over a minute the previous possession. I think it is more important to get the player medical attention, then it is to keep the game going, especially at the MS level.

When is it ok to stop play and allow a coach to check on a player when it otherwise would be illegal.

BTW: Team B's coach had no problem with the stoppage.