US EditionMissouri girls high school basketball playoff game partially replayed after scoring protest
The Missouri State High School Activities Association voided the original score due to procedural errors in handling a scoring dispute and ordered a partial replay.
- The MSHSAA ordered a partial replay of a Missouri girls high school basketball playoff game on Wednesday night after a scoring protest from two nights earlier.
- Highland High School protested Monday after its scorebook showed one more point than the scoreboard, and scoring-table personnel believed they had mistakenly awarded three points instead of two during play, failing to stop play or consult both scorebooks.
- The game restarted with 54 seconds left in the third quarter and Highland leading 34-29, with Principia completing the resumed portion 47-43.
- MSHSAA ordered the final eight-plus minutes of Monday's game removed from the record books and voided Principia High School's 46-45 Monday final score.
- Principia next plays Friday against Centralia, following the scoring protest and game review. The scheduling remains unchanged.
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Missouri Basketball Scoring Controversy Forces Teams To Replay High School Playoff Game Twice In Three Days
Principia defeated Highland during the girls high school basketball playoffs in Missouri, twice. The Panthers and Cougars were required to play the entire fourth quarter for a second time in three days because of a scoring controversy. It ultimately led to the same result. This unusual high school basketball (re)scheduling change stems from an in-game discrepancy with the scorebooks. Procedure for the subsequent formal protest was not properly a…
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Missouri girls high school basketball playoff game partially replayed after scoring protest
A Missouri girls high school basketball playoff game had to be partially replayed after a state association determined game officials failed to follow proper procedures in handling the losing school’s in-game protest of a scoring error.
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The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) had determined that a serious procedural error happened in a game Monday night between Highland High School and Principia High School. The Class 3 Sectional game finished in a 46-45 win for Principia. But events late in the 3rd quarter forced the MSHSAA to intercede. What happened? With 54 seconds remaining in the 3rd quarter, Highland’s official scorer noticed a one point discre…
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