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: Block or Charge?
By
Paige Winne
MHSAA Marketing & Social Media Coordinator
January 21, 2025
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 – Block or Charge? - Listen
In basketball – if you are attempting to take a charge, do you have to be stationary? Can a defender draw a charge while sliding his or her feet?
A defensive player does not need to be stationary in order to draw a charge.
Once a defender has established legal guarding position – which is when the defensive player has both feet on the floor and is facing the opponent, the defender can move laterally or obliquely to maintain that position. Even if it means having one – or both – feet off the floor when contact occurs with the offensive player.
In a block or charge situation, many fans like to say it’s a block because the defender was moving, but that’s not always the case. A defender can draw a charge while in motion.
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