[reflaine]

I was not there, so i have no idea if it was a foul or not. But from calling basketball if the girl was fouled BEFORE the horn sounds, then the shot would count even if the shot left her hands after the time ran out. When the foul occured is where the clock stops. Since it take a human a little time to react the clock would not stop at the tenth of the second the foul was called. The shot would count since she is an airbourne shooter. It makes no difference if the ref waves the shot off, if she is fouled before the buzzer, and the foul calling official determined the foul was before the horn, the shot counts and she gets one shot. The player is considered an airborn shooter untill she hits the floor. Also a foul can occur after the horn if the shooter is still in the air if she released the ball before the buzzer.

That is a rule that is not known by many, and you rarely see. Seems this is the one time that it happens in a game of this magnitude.