We’ll let Lucas from the Maine Basketball Ranking give you the details below:
I’ve watched a lot of basketball in my life and I’ve never seen anything like this.
The Madawaska/Van Buren girls game was expected to be a low scoring affair. Van Buren entered the game averaging 17 points a game while Madawaska was averaging 4.5. Yes, 4.5.
At the half, Madawaska takes a 10-2 lead into the locker room.
Lucky for us, WOWL had to re-start their feed with 34 seconds left and the Owls clinging to a 10-8 lead with Van Buren in the Red Zone.
How did Madawaska manage to hold a lead without scoring in the second half? It doesn’t seem like they stalled, but I’ll be honest: I didn’t watch the whole thing.
Anyway, after an airballed three that Madawaska failed to corral, Van Buren has one more shot with 3.4 to go.
The shot misses and the putback misses and then the putback is GOOD!
But they waive it off. Foul on the initial shot. 0.2 to play. There should be 1.5 seconds on the clock, but details.
Van Buren’s entire team, minus the shooter, is talking to their coach when the officials put the ball in play for the first free throw, which is missed. Her teammates rejoin her for the second one, which she also misses. Madawaska thinks the game is over. But! We have a lane violation on the Owls (this is why coaches drink).
Now we have confusion and a timeout. (This is also confusing if you’re watching it on mute in the corner of your screen)
With 0.2 left, that’s not enough to catch and shoot (that extra second sure would be handy here), so Van Buren needs to miss the FT and get the tip-in for overtime. Naturally, the shooter makes the free throw, much to her frustration. 10-9. Timeout. And we have to reset the clock, which now reads 0:00.
And that’s the story of the team that won without scoring in the second half.
If you’re wondering, that final 0.2 seconds took 4 minutes and 28 seconds to complete.
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