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Will high school basketball in Utah ever implement a shot clock? It’s complicated.

It’s difficult to imagine two basketball teams not scoring a single combined point in a quarter of a state tournament game. But that’s exactly what happened between Brighton and Lone Peak nearly six years ago.

It was March 2013, and to give themselves a chance, the Bengals chose to hold the ball for practically the entire second quarter in an attempt to stall out the Knights, who were ranked No. 1 in the nation that season. The plan didn’t work, but it sparked outrage and eventually led to calls for the implementation of a shot clock for high school basketball in Utah.