WESTFIELD, Ind. — The whistle bleated, while Caleb Love raised his hands to his hips and tipped his head back to gaze up at the Pacer Athletic Center’s rafters. When the point guard for Brad Beal Elite turned his gaze to the sideline, coach Corey Frazier’s eyes were wide while poked at his temples with his index fingers.
A crack team of cryptologists weren’t required to decipher its meaning: Use your head.
Trailing by three points to Team Takeover and with 27.4 seconds left on the clock, Frazier wanted his team to be smart but also sit down, defend, rebound and get one final crack at drawing even.