Then the Chinese swimmer pulled ahead of her, and Coughlin's measured stroke quickened, as though she were grabbing at the water; then the Croatian pulled ahead, and the Zimbabwean, and as the women touched in at the wall the scoreboard times lit up and the arena grew quiet.
"I only looked at the scoreboard one time, and it looked good, and I thought, don't look again," a pleased Mr. Ebeling, who entered the four-day competition ranked No. 9 in the United States, said afterward.
Even for a tournament loss this seemed particularly unfair, neither team really deserved to lose this game, Wichita State just happened to be on the wrong side of the scoreboard when time ran out.
Everyone jumped up and down with every basket, cheering with the immediacy of a group that knew the game could get away at any moment, with many fans even taking pictures of the scoreboard every time Lehigh took back the lead.
With the digital clock on the new scoreboard displaying that time was up, Mark McLinden collected a drop-out and succeeded with a 40-metre drop-goal.
Dedicated fans spend about as much time scoreboard watching as they do actually watching their own squad play.
The scoreboard changed thirty-two times and Daddy said last game it changed only fourteen times and the home team last time changed more times than the other team.
Paul Kariya of the Ducks scored two goals; the second was one of those highlight moments that will be shown on scoreboards for some time to entertain fans.
I looked at the scoreboard about five times before I knew I had broken it".
I looked at the scoreboard about five times before I knew I had broken it," he said.
