[jonnyss]

My write-up is finished at the top.  I was too tired last night to do the game justice after the game--I had been up all previous night analyzing returns.

Yes, it was Missy Barlow refereeing the game.  I saw Tara having a couple of conversations with her over the course of the game.

Interesting that Kaylee was commenting.  She was sitting at the sideline press table just a few feet away from me and I did not notice her speaking.  Was nice to see her back in Maples.

I did not understand, and it was not really explained at the game, what the technical foul was about.  It seems it was incorrectly called on Coffee at first and then got changed--to Lexie?  I did not see the foul and so have no opinion, so could someone watching the video feed and hearing the commentary enlighten me?

the play was at the baseline to the right of the basket just outside the key. shannon was primary defender, between the ball-handler and the basket; lexie came over to double. together they knocked/threw the player hard to the ground. yes, it appeared that the foul would be called on shannon, who seemed to give the main shove. the refs reviewed the video for several minutes. my take was that shannon was already executing a successful takedown when lexie came in. therefore lexie's help was unnecessary. or perhaps shannon simply blocked the path and lexie executed the actual takedown. there was no video replay.
i immediately said, "flagrant one." i do believe that missy initiated the video replay, but i don't think the call was unfair. these days, even in football, throwing a player to the ground gets you a penalty.
uc davis got to shoot free throws and keep the ball. if i understand correctly, that makes it some variant of a flagrant rather than a technical.

and yes, thanks, unsportsmanlike conduct rather than unnecessary roughness. that sounds right - although still sounds like football.

[jonnyss]

My write-up is finished at the top.  I was too tired last night to do the game justice after the game--I had been up all previous night analyzing returns.

Yes, it was Missy Barlow refereeing the game.  I saw Tara having a couple of conversations with her over the course of the game.

Interesting that Kaylee was commenting.  She was sitting at the sideline press table just a few feet away from me and I did not notice her speaking.  Was nice to see her back in Maples.

I did not understand, and it was not really explained at the game, what the technical foul was about.  It seems it was incorrectly called on Coffee at first and then got changed--to Lexie?  I did not see the foul and so have no opinion, so could someone watching the video feed and hearing the commentary enlighten me?

the play was at the baseline to the right of the basket just outside the key. shannon was primary defender, between the ball-handler and the basket; lexie came over to double. together they knocked/threw the player hard to the ground. yes, it appeared that the foul would be called on shannon, who seemed to give the main shove. the refs reviewed the video for several minutes. my take was that shannon was already executing a successful takedown when lexie came in. therefore lexie's help was unnecessary. or perhaps shannon simply blocked the path and lexie executed the actual takedown. there was no video replay.
i immediately said, "flagrant one." i do believe that missy initiated the video replay, but i don't think the call was unfair. these days, even in football, throwing a player to the ground gets you a penalty.
uc davis got to shoot free throws and keep the ball. if i understand correctly, that makes it some variant of a flagrant rather than a technical.

and yes, thanks, unsportsmanlike conduct rather than unnecessary roughness. that sounds right - although still sounds like football.