[jk1926]

One of the calls by Missy Barlow today was at the end of a quarter when a player was running to half court and launched a 3pt attempt.   A defensive player was just beyond the half court line and had stopped before the shooter took her last step and jumped.  The shooter landed on the defensive player's back.

Missy called a foul on the defensive player, presumably a blocking foul.   The announcers slightly garbled the call but basically said it was that the defender was not in a legal guarding position.  (To be in a legal guarding position, "The guard's torso shall face the opponent.")

"Blocking is illegal personal contact that impedes the progress of an opponent"
"Charging is illegal personal contact by pushing or moving into an opponent’s torso"

I disagree with the call, if that were Missy's reason.  She was not guarding the player, so she didn't need to be in a legal guarding position.  If a player runs  down the court and runs over another player who is not guarding her and maybe didn't see her coming, it is charging.  To rule otherwise would cause chaos as offensive players could then run over defensive players who are not guarding them, causing fouls on the defensive players.

Sorry, Missy, I think the call was wrong.

The referee team of Cheryll Blue, Benny Luna and everyone’s favorite Melissa Barlow totally disrupted game flow and affected the final outcome.  They whistled 51 fouls, 25 on USC and 26 on UCLA.  USC, starting the 4th quarter leading by 12, had four fouls by the 9:14 mark and the refs put UCLA in the bonus at 8:20. USC’s best player Rayah Marshall fouled out with 1:39 left.  Post Okunwafo left shortly thereafter. Two other Trojans had 4 fouls late.  UCLA lost post Iwuala to fouls in Q4 and two others had 4 fouls.  The foul calling seemed terribly inconsistent with brush fouls getting called while other instances of players colliding or getting knocked to the floor going unwhistled.

USC outperformed the Bruins using only seven players as its leading scorer Kari Sissoko sat out with an injury.  The Trojans would most likely have won the game if not for the officiating.  USC’s five fouls early in Q4 allowed UCLA to make its run and completely affected USC’s play.  Hadn’t seen Cheryll Blue much prior to yesterday but I don’t much care for Luna and when I saw Barlow and him on the court before tipoff I commented to my wife that those two will wreak havoc on the game.  Barlow can’t retire sooner enough and I hope she takes Luna with her…

[jk1926]

One of the calls by Missy Barlow today was at the end of a quarter when a player was running to half court and launched a 3pt attempt.   A defensive player was just beyond the half court line and had stopped before the shooter took her last step and jumped.  The shooter landed on the defensive player's back.

Missy called a foul on the defensive player, presumably a blocking foul.   The announcers slightly garbled the call but basically said it was that the defender was not in a legal guarding position.  (To be in a legal guarding position, "The guard's torso shall face the opponent.")

"Blocking is illegal personal contact that impedes the progress of an opponent"
"Charging is illegal personal contact by pushing or moving into an opponent’s torso"

I disagree with the call, if that were Missy's reason.  She was not guarding the player, so she didn't need to be in a legal guarding position.  If a player runs  down the court and runs over another player who is not guarding her and maybe didn't see her coming, it is charging.  To rule otherwise would cause chaos as offensive players could then run over defensive players who are not guarding them, causing fouls on the defensive players.

Sorry, Missy, I think the call was wrong.

The referee team of Cheryll Blue, Benny Luna and everyone’s favorite Melissa Barlow totally disrupted game flow and affected the final outcome.  They whistled 51 fouls, 25 on USC and 26 on UCLA.  USC, starting the 4th quarter leading by 12, had four fouls by the 9:14 mark and the refs put UCLA in the bonus at 8:20. USC’s best player Rayah Marshall fouled out with 1:39 left.  Post Okunwafo left shortly thereafter. Two other Trojans had 4 fouls late.  UCLA lost post Iwuala to fouls in Q4 and two others had 4 fouls.  The foul calling seemed terribly inconsistent with brush fouls getting called while other instances of players colliding or getting knocked to the floor going unwhistled.

USC outperformed the Bruins using only seven players as its leading scorer Kari Sissoko sat out with an injury.  The Trojans would most likely have won the game if not for the officiating.  USC’s five fouls early in Q4 allowed UCLA to make its run and completely affected USC’s play.  Hadn’t seen Cheryll Blue much prior to yesterday but I don’t much care for Luna and when I saw Barlow and him on the court before tipoff I commented to my wife that those two will wreak havoc on the game.  Barlow can’t retire sooner enough and I hope she takes Luna with her…