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ISU Admits to Scoring Mistakes in ISU/WSU game

weberwildcat1

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by votb » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:26 pm

Here's an interesting and sad (for ISU fans) P.S. to last night's game...just released by ISU...

Idaho State Admits to Scoring Mistakes in Idaho State-Weber State Basketball Game
Two players, one on each team, played after fouling out

potatoville, ID --- Idaho State University officials have admitted that two mistakes were made in the official scorebook during the second half of Weber State’s 76-67 overtime win on Thursday night that inadvertently affected the outcome of the game. The mistakes occurred in the recording of a pair of fouls, one on each team that allowed for two players to finish the game with five fouls each.

The first scoring mistake occurred at the 17:14 mark of the second half, when a foul that was called on Idaho State’s #32 Felix Caspari was credited in the official scorebook to #33 Deividas Busma. Busma did not play in the second half. The foul should have been Caspari’s second foul of the game. He also committed fouls at the 15:34 mark and at the 14:26 mark, the last of which should have been his fourth foul. He then committed a foul with 3:07 to go which should have been his fifth, but the official scorekeeper’s error made it only his fourth. Caspari played the final 3:07 of regulation and the first 1:20 of the overtime with five fouls, recording a rebound, a block, and a missed free throw on a one-and-one.

The second error occurred with 14:19 to go, when a foul on Weber State’s Daviin Davis was not recorded in the book, although it was briefly recorded on the scoreboard and announced by the public address announcer. The foul, which was Davis’ first of the half and fourth of the game, was removed from the scoreboard at the 14:11 mark. Davis committed his fifth foul with 5:22 to go, but the previous omission left it at his fourth foul. Davis played the final 5:22 of regulation and all of overtime with five fouls, scoring six points in the final 3:52 of regulation to help send the game to overtime. Overall, he went 2-for-3 from the field with two threes, 1-for-2 from the line for seven total points with a steal, a defensive rebound, and a blocked shot.

The omission of the foul also meant that ISU missed an opportunity in regulation for a one-and-one at the 7:00 minute mark as a foul on Kellen McCoy should have been the seventh team foul, not the sixth, sending Amorrow Morgan to the line. Also, Felix Caspari’s one-on-one with 4:22 to go in overtime should have been the 10th team foul, not the ninth, thus a two-shot foul.

“We are tremendously sorry to the coaching staffs on both teams that a clerical error like this has marred an otherwise exciting Big Sky Conference basketball game,” said Interim Athletic Director Jeff Tingey. “The coaches, and the game officials are dependent upon the official scorer and the table crew, and that fact that this has happened is not something we take lightly.”

“After reviewing the tape of the game, it is obvious that a pair of mistakes were made that were critical to how the game played out both ways,” said Asst. A.D. for Media Relations Frank Mercogliano, who oversees the table crew for men’s basketball. “Our official scorer has been here for 25 years, and he is one of the best I’ve been associated with. He is absolutely heartbroken over this turn of events. He prides himself on his accuracy and being a part of the official crew, and he feels like he let them down.”

The game is official and the NCAA does not recognize protests or any replays of games, or resumptions. The two teams play in Ogden on Saturday night.
 
I new something was going on, and it is a shame, but what's done is done and there's nothing that can be done about it. We just need to get things done on Saturday night. The bengals will be pissed off with what happened last night so the cats' must be ready to take care of business. Congratulations to Nick Hanson! That was a fun way to leave Pocatello.
 

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