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Message: [QUOTE="AgStatesman, post: 4536604, member: 8054"] The official scorekeeper is only concerned with the running score, individual player scoring, tracking fouls and timeouts. All other stats are recorded by the Sports Information Dept. My experience is that the interns or low level employees who are given that job are much better at being accurate for their own school. There have been instances where stats are changed after the fact - usually when it involves the corrected stats leading to a double or triple double or some other statistical oddity. Assists are the most subjective stat to decide. An assist is attributed to a player who passes the ball to a teammate in a way that leads directly to a score by field goal. A scorer may dribble the ball a couple times before scoring and an assist can still be given. A good rule of thumb for assists is to give the benefit of a doubt. [/QUOTE]