Tuesday afternoon I worked a girls varsity game. We had a local powerhouse team Mark Keppel vs. J Serra from San Juan Capistrano. The game went into overtime however we had a very weird situation that arose. In overtime Mark Keppel gained control of the ball on the floor after 3pt shot feel short with about 3o secs left. Both team are out of timeouts. My partner grants Keppel a timeout and I simply play the scenario through my mind of what's gonna happen and how play is going to resum. No brainer. We asess and Administrative technical foul, and J Serra gets the ball at the division line. However the Keepel coach pleaded that he didn't call timeout, however my partner said he heard 3 times coming from the bench. So my partner and I talk about it, and I'm thinking we can inadvert or asess the Tech. after we were done talkin, both had used this as timeout and went to their benches. Now I felt if I go with an inadvertant whistle all hell well break loose with the visiting team or if I go with Tech the home team is going to pop off. So, I admin the Tech by rule, and the game ends with Keppel losing by 3.

If we didn't take so long talking about the situation I would have gone with an inadvertant whistle and resume play from POI. I aslo could have said by rule the head coach has to call timeout. This game was interesting at the end. Let me have your comments on what you would have done.

Tommy