Highlight Reel: Class A Semifinals

March 20, 2015

By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director

DeWitt and Bloomfield Hills Marian advanced to Saturday's MHSAA Class A Final with Semifinal wins Friday at the Breslin Center.

Click below for highlights from both games and all four teams that took the floor. 

DeWitt 44, Saginaw Heritage 36

Eight Point Run - DeWitt broke its Class A Semifinal game with Saginaw Heritage open with an eight-point run to end the third quarter. Part of that run was this fast break basket by Maria Moss. 

Heritage Hanging In There - Saginaw Heritage pulls to within five with more than a minute to go in its Class A Semifinal against DeWitt when Jessi Bicknell scores on an old fashioned three-point play. 

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Bloomfield Hills Marian 57, Detroit Martin Luther King 37

McHenry Scores - Malaysia McHenry scores two of her 10 points for Detroit King on this play late in the first half.

Long Ball Basketball - Bloomfield Hills Marian uses the long ball for a fastbreak basket late in the third quarter. Jaeda Robinson scores on the play. 

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Be the Referee: Pregame Dunks

By Sam Davis
MHSAA Director of Officials

December 13, 2022

Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.

Below is this week's segment – Pregame Dunks - Listen

Both basketball teams are on the court warming up before the game starts. All three officials are on the floor, as teams are in their traditional lay-up lines.

In an attempt to get their fans fired up, a player for the home team dunks it when it’s his turn in line, followed by a teammate also dunking one.

Can they do that? What’s the call?

Once the officials are on the floor, as they are in this example, they should assess a technical foul to any player who dunks in pregame warmups. In this case, the visiting team would receive four free throws to start the game – two for each dunking violation – and would start with possession. The technical fouls would also count as personal fouls and count towards the team foul count. And the head coach would receive an indirect technical foul.

Dunking or grabbing the rim during warmups is not allowed.

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