Match Up

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Rule3, Section 3 Article 1 e:

A captain may request a defensive match-up if three or more substitutes from the same team enter during an opportunity to substitute.

Situation: Boys Varsity A leading 30-0, A shooting free throws, 4 starters from team A reentering between shots and requests match-up. I tell them to match-up and captain repeats he is wants a match-up. I tell him we will play on.

As I read this rule he is REQUESTING, I know I could have lined them up but the question is should I have lined them up or what procedure can/should be followed.

Team A repeated this process throughout the game (winning 87-18); perhaps me being a butt, they didn't get one.