I'm excited for W&L the rest of the season. I think they have the talent to make a dent in the conference tournament since so many teams will be looking past them.

They have good guards , raw yet talented Big girls under the basket and a very knowledgeable coach. I wouldn't bet against them if they get their inside outside game going.

No you can't knock her effort, I think she is a feisty guard and always hustles with a lot of talent to boot.
I was informed though that your observation of her guilty look was a bit off base since the player in question and her team still feel cheated.

I did check with two senior basketball refs in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference which is thought of as the best high school athletic league in the country and here were their replies.

1st ref. You don't decide a game in the last 5 seconds unless the foul was hard, flagrant or impeded a chance to win for the team with the ball.

2nd ref. I'm glad it wasn't me.

So it seems we'll have to agree to disagree and hopefully meet for a third time with a less controversial out come.

Lets get to the "Burglary at Bridgewater".

When has any serious or semi-serious sports fan seen a ref decide a game with 2 seconds to go? I have been coaching for over 20 years and never have i seen a ref determine the outcome of a game with less than 5 seconds to go.

The first thing they tell you when you're in any officiating course is NEVER, NEVER, NEVER be seen as deciding the out come of a game by calling a foul or penalty in the last 5 seconds, unless the foul was so flagrant a lead pipe was involved.

The ref should have swallowed his whistle and let the teams decide in OT who should have won. Instead you have an incredibly dissapointed W&L team that staged a great come back. You have Bridgewater that even though it will not say differently maybe knows in the back of their mind a little home town cooking is better than a diet. Finally you have a heart broken player who by the thinnest of margins might and I do say "MIGHT" have fouled the BC player anguished over letting her team down.

The reality of the situation is the ref let W&L down, Bridgewater down, the W&L player down and arguably he let his own integrity down.