High school basketball game ends in controversy after ‘craziest 20.9 seconds in history’
Here’s your appetiser for March Madness.
A highschool basketball sport in Maine — a Class AA South boys’ semi-final contest — ended with a controversial buzzer-beater, dubbed on Twitter as “the craziest 20.9 seconds in Maine basketball history.”
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The Thornton Academy Trojans led the Bonny Eagle Scots, 47-45. A 3-pointer gave the Scots a 48-47 lead seconds later, instantly adopted by an and-one on a contested shot, awarding the Trojans a 50-48 benefit as 8.8 seconds remained. The Scots regained the lead with 1.3 seconds left on a put-back try, plus the foul and a made free throw, making it a 51-50 sport.
The wild end solely received extra dramatic.
On the earlier drive, which gave Bonny Eagle the lead, the clock on the WHOU.reside rating bug was in all places, although it appeared that Thornton Academy had 1.3 seconds left for a last-chance heave.
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Thornton Academy made a protracted inbounds move that was caught about 30 toes away from the rim. Following a single dribble, the shot was launched simply above the free-throw line, and the purple gentle — signalling the tip of the fourth quarter — clearly goes off earlier than the ball is within the air. So in accordance with the clock within the area, the shot ought to’ve been invalid.
However, because the ball goes up, concurrently, the sport clock on the precise broadcast learn 0.2 seconds, and the shot appeared to go up simply earlier than time expired on the reside stream, however not within the area. It was clear, at the least within the gymnasium, that the shot shouldn’t have counted, which the published indicated, however alas, Thornton Academy received, 52-51.
Thornton Academy subsequently received the state championship over the weekend, defeating South Portland, 82-61.
This story initially appeared on the New York Post and has been reposted with permission
