NORFOLK, Va. — Saying he hadn’t realized the game was being played with a shot clock, Coppin State Coach John Bates pulled his team off the floor midway through the first half Saturday night after the Eagles committed a 45-second violation in their nonconference basketball game with Norfolk State.
The Eagles were leading, 23-19, with 8:17 left in the first half when the shot clock expired and Bates told his players to stop playing.
Norfolk State is a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Assn., which uses a shot clock. Coppin State is a Division II independent school and does not use a shot clock.
The NCAA will have to rule whether the game should be replayed or defaulted, Norfolk State sports information director Kenny Snelling said.
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