A "no call" that ended regulation gave the Monarchs the benefit of the doubt. Etiwanda was down 68-65 with 5.2 seconds left, and the Monarchs were looking to foul. The first contact came near mid court as Gary Franklin hacked Jordan Daniels on the pass.
"The final play of the game, we just tried to foul," Franklin said.
There was no call on the play, as the ball went into the hands of Evan Jenkins. He rised to shoot what would've been the tying 3-ball, but his right arm was grabbed by by Mater Dei's Eli Stalzer. The ball harmlessly fell into the hands of Keala King. Once again there was no call.
"The refs are human. They make calls and they miss calls," Keala King said. "We're lucky they didn't make the call."
"We were very fortunate," Mater Dei head coach Gary McKnight said.
Even if the official called a foul. It would've still been on the junior Evan Jenkins to hit three free throws in the clutch. Who knows if he would've made them. Mater Dei hung on to win their first CIF championship since 2006.
Finally, both sides could have shown more class at the end of the game. Mater Dei was roundly and loudly booed by Etiwanda's fans during their award ceremony, while Mater Dei's players and staff egged them on by pointing to their ring fingers.
What do you guys think? Should there have been a foul called?
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