The good team should have just played keep away, with a brick to the rim every 20 seconds or so, after they were leading 59-0 at halftime?
Apparently there is a rule for mercy termination of the game when scores get so imbalanced. The refs should have called the game at the half.
Usually, when our high school team plays the two private schools that service special needs populations, the starters play the first and fourth quarters, the coach uses these games to try new strategies and get his bench some playing time as well. There is no shot clock in basketball either, so the coach usually does not press, nor does he rush up the floor. He doesn’t stall, but he doesn’t play the fast break style basketball for these games either, if he is up by 15. Again, that is what our coach does, no specific rules or guidelines, but I think it is pretty good sportsmanship.
It is my understanding this coach was pushing his team to score 100 points; he wanted the 100 mark.
We don’t have a “mercy” rule here in Kentucky I don’t know about other states. My point of reference is also coming from a “boys” basketball, too, so “girls” basketball may have different rules; I don’t really know.