Rules for Age Groups 13-15 & 16-17

Offense:

  • Two 20-minute halves

  • Running Clock

    • Clock ONLY stops for timeouts, officials’ discretion, injury, and during the last two minutes of each half in regulation on every whistle

    • Clock does NOT stop in the last two minutes if point margin is 20+

Defense:

  • All defensive styles are permitted, including any zone defenses

  • Full court press is permitted

    • NO full court pressing by either team if point margin is 20+

Timeouts in Regulation and Overtime:

Regulation:

  • Two timeouts per half

  • Timeouts do not carry over

  • Exceptions include injury or officials’ discretion

Overtime:

  • One timeout per team for 1st and 2nd OT

  • Timeouts do not carry over

  • Exceptions include injury or officials’ discretion

  • NO timeouts in sudden death (3rd OT)

Overtime:

  • First OT is 2 minutes

  • Second OT is 1 minute

  • Running clock

    • Clock ONLY stops for timeouts, officials’ discretion, injury, and during the final minute on every whistle

  • Triple OT enacts Sudden Death

    • Sudden Death Rule: First team to score a basket in the period will win the game, including on free throws

    • NO timeouts

    • NO time on the clock

  • Zone defenses are ALLOWED

  • Full court press is ALLOWED