St. Mary's of Stockton lost to Lincoln of San Diego, 42-43.
I only watched the last 22 seconds of the game and that was ugly.
Lincoln had possession but a strange half court violation on the inbound pass turned the ball over to St. Mary's.
St. Mary's missed a three-pointer shot, appeared to get the rebound, but a jump ball resulted with a Lincoln player.
Still St. Mary's ball possession after the jump ball (9.1 seconds left). Time out-St. Mary's. Then Time out-Lincoln.
St. Mary's inbounds, but another jump ball (6.7 seconds left), and possession goes to Lincoln.
Then Lincoln throws away the inbound pass--the ball went right through the hands of a Lincoln player and out-of-bounds, giving the ball back to St. Mary's. (5.9 seconds left).
St. Mary's inbounds the pass, and Lincoln fouls St. Mary's, (the 5th foul on Lincoln, putting St. Mary's in the bonus for two (2) free throws.
Then, the St. Mary's basketball player misses two (2) free throws with 4.4 seconds in the game, which could have either tied the score or win the game.
St. Mary's gets the rebound after the two missed free throws, but another jump ball when a Lincoln player ties up St. Mary's.
But the possession arrow is for St. Mary's, so they get ANOTHER opportunity (1.4 seconds left).
St. Mary's misses a difficult turn-around shot in the key. Lincoln wins. It was an ugly 22 seconds to watch, which lasted about 5 minutes in total time.
