Yesterday, with the score tied at 72-72 and 27 seconds left, the strategy changed.
They did not realize it for several hours, and scores of potential voters left in frustration.
The shot tied the score at 84 with 16 seconds left.
Smith, who was 13 of 20, tied the score with 31 seconds left.
That made the score 29-24 with just over 3 minutes left.
But scores of shoppers left the sites without buying anything.
The score left nothing in doubt, but the situation did.
Yale had tied the score with no time left in regulation.
As it turned out, my first score would have left me in 99th place, tied with 110 others.
Above the flight computer display is a panel which shows the score and number of lives left.