Game Day Guidelines

 

Gym Rules:

NO OUTSIDE FOOD, ICE CHESTS, LAWN CHAIRS OR PETS OF ANY KIND (EXCEPT SERVICE DOGS) ARE ALLOWED IN THE FACILITIES! 

Please respectfully abide by these gym rules.

Bench Refreshments:

Only bottled water is allowed on the bench. No sports drinks. Please be thoughtful of the clean-up crews and the next team by putting your trash in the trash cans. Absolutely no food, candy, juice, soda or any other concession items will be allowed on the courts to prevent damage to the courts! Please inform your players in advance.

Home/Visitor Responsibilities:

Teams MUST BE AT COURTSIDE 30 min BEFORE their game in case games are running early.

BOTH TEAMS MUST TEXT REPORT SCORES to 210-240-0065 giving the age, gender, division of game and score (Example: 18U D1 HSAA 77, FEAST 66)

Instructions will be posted on the score tables.

 
Note: Teams may switch duties if needed and if both teams agree. Home team listed 1st on schedule.
  • wears white jersey
  • keeps the official scorebook
  • provides game ball and agreed upon by both coaches
  • Home coach reads appointed Scripture verses on score table

Visitor team listed 2nd on schedule

  • wears dark jersey
  • responsible for clock
  • Visitor coach to pray

Officiating:

Be Kind to Referees! 

Coaches, please direct your fans and your players to never argue with a referee. Instruct your players to thank the referees after each game. Referees are human and we need to treat them with respect even if in your opinion they blow a call. Any players, fans or coaches ejected from a game will be suspended for the remainder of that game and possibly the entire tournament.
 
Officials have the right to remove coaches, players or parents from a game. If anyone is ejected from a game, it is the tournament committee’s discretion whether the participant or coach will continue in the tournament based on the seriousness of the offense(s).

Official Book: Fouls – teams will always shoot two free throws for common fouls in “bonus” situations. Teams will reach the bonus when their opponent commits five (5) fouls in each quarter rather than seven (7) in a half. Team fouls will reset at the end of each period.  

 
Official Clock:
Team Division Game Length:
18U Boys & Girls 8-minute quarters
16U (JV)  Boys & Girls 7-minute quarters
14U/12U/10U Boys & Girls 6-minute quarters
 
Pre-game — 5 minutes (no less)
Halftime Break – 3 minutes
Timeouts – (3) Full (2) 30-second
Overtime – 2 minutes long & one 30-second timeout
 
Additional OT — 1 minute long and no more timeouts
 
Mercy Rule: 
Running clock in 4th quarter with at least a 25 point lead. Normal clock resumes once lead is back to 15 points or less.
 
Prior to 4th quarter coaches may decide to agree to have a continuous running clock throughout the rest of the game no matter the point difference, but they are NOT required to have a running clock (unless the Mercy rule above applies.)
 
 *No running clock in Championship games.
 
Tiebreakers:
Head to head
Point differential (Max 20 points)
Most points scored
Least points allowed