Michigan basketball championship ends in travel violation, intentional foul. Were the calls right?
Pewamo-Westphalia (Mich.) pulled off a stunning comeback in the final minutes to defeat Iron Mountain (Mich.), 53-52, for its first ever Division 3 boys basketball state title in East Lansing on Saturday.
The final seconds in the game of two unbeatens was full of drama, including a travel call against Iron Mountain, which was up a point at the time, and then an intentional foul call, which gave Pewamo-Westphalia two free throws and the ball with 0.7 seconds remaining. Collin Trierweiler made both free throws for the win.
Iron Mountain was going in for a layup, but this was called a travel with 5.3 seconds left.
Iron Mountain up 1 – could go up 3 after breaking the press. You make the call. Official called a travel. Travel or no? pic.twitter.com/Et0qvYaQWg
— Steve Finamore (@CoachFinamore) March 16, 2019
So, what do you think? Travel or no?
And here’s the intentional foul sequence.
This was the intentional foul they called on Iron Mountain’s Marcus Johnson. Pewamo-Westphalia gets two FTs, 0.7 seconds left in game. pic.twitter.com/9IhOCLZB7C
— Bryce Derouin (@B_DEROUIN) March 16, 2019
Was this the right call?

