re: Scotty Thurman pulled his team off the court

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Little Rock Parkview Coach Scotty Thurman had enough of Tuesday's 5A-Central Conference opener against Sylvan Hills in Sherwood.

The former University of Arkansas basketball star, in his first season as Parkview's head coach, received a technical foul with 2:25 left to play, then had his team leave the bench. The officiating crew ended the contest with Sylvan Hills winning 65-51 at the Bears' Den.

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Parkview senior forward Ryan Gordon fouled Sylvan Hills senior guard DeShaun Fowlkes with 2:25 left. Thurman threw the basketball from Parkview's bench in the direction of the officials on the other end as they were getting set up to have Fowlkes shoot two free throws.

Thurman received a technical foul

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"My kids get a disservice each and every night," said Thurman, who took over for Al Flanigan in July. "Everybody's all braggadocious about a former Razorback being the coach at Parkview. I get shafted every night.

"My kids play hard. They play the right way. We get shafted. Every night. It doesn't matter who the officiating crew is. It's never equal. It shouldn't be that way.

"I don't mind us getting bad calls here and there. But when I throw the ball back to the ref and it didn't make it to him, so I get a technical foul and you want to throw me out of the game for something, we don't stand for that."

Parkview was called for 25 fouls to Sylvan Hills' 21.

Thurman said there's a personal vendetta against him and Parkview.

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