It was one of those days where players had trouble figuring out which way was up.
Or which basket was theirs.
Players from New Mexico State and Northwestern State each sank layups on the wrong end of the floor Friday — a pair of point-blank blunders in women’s basketball that put their teams on the highlight reels for all the wrong reasons.
New Mexico State’s Emma Christiano accidentally scored on her own team’s basket with 20 seconds left against Southern Utah. ESPN
Christiano was in shock after her layup went through. ESPN
One came with New Mexico State trailing by a point with 20 seconds to go against Southern Utah. Emma Christiano of the Aggies stole an inbounds pass and coasted in for the easy score .
“Aggies lead!” the play-by-play announcer screamed after Christiano’s layup went through.
Well, no.
Southern Utah led by three.
Meanwhile, Northwestern State’s Karma Wynn took a bounce pass from a teammate under her own basket.…