Why not?

[Sweetest OU Girl]

Why was a charging foul not called against ND when she ran into Abuke?

On the other hand, Abuke created the contact by stepping into the path of a player running backwards. She stepped in front of her 1 or 2 steps before the collision - with the intention of causing the contact. I would suggest a rule change to say if you cause contact with a defenseless player, you are responsible and guilty.

But that is NOT today's rule, so why did ND not get hit with a charging foul?

 

[sybarite]

It's not charging because it was a defender that ran into the screen. The ball handler was not involved.

A contact foul could be called. But, you rarely seen a call on someone for running into a screen unless they send the screener flying. That was kind of the purpose of the screen, to keep you from following the ball handler.

 

[35TangoTango]

Midcourt screens are quite common. The announcers correctly laid the blame on Lloyd's teammate for not loudly warning her. A Texas player was once flattened by Leah Rush by a similar (completely legal) screen. Texas fans screamed bloody murder under the assumption that the rules didn't apply when it was their player flattened.

 

[MsProudSooner]

Whenever I see a play like that, I'm reminded of Eduardo being knocked cold by Mateen Cleaves.

 

[BlackwellSooner]

Agbuke, as seems to be the norm lately, was hit with a Flagrant 1 foul tonight. Seems like the same thing happened in the last game or two.

Griner left some big shoes to fill, but Agbuke fell short...