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Tempers flared several times during the Indiana fever’s victory over the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday, with Caitlin Clark again in the center of the escapades.
Clark and Sun Guard Jacy Sheldon became Chippy at the beginning of the game, but it wasn’t until the third quarter that tension cooked over. Sheldon knocked Clark in his eye, and it put a three -winger that ended up with Sun Guard Marina Mabrey pushing Clark to the ground.
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Indiana Fever Guard Caitlin Clark, #22, will be hit by Connecticut Sun Guard Marina Mabrey, #3, during a mix in the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Indiana Fever -vagt Sophie Cunningham, #8, and Connecticut Sun Guard Jacy Sheldon, #4, scrub in the second half of a WNBA basketball match in Indianapolis on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
For some reason, Clark was assessed a technical error during the incident, just like Mabrey and Sun veteran Tina Charles. Sheldon’s common mistake was upgraded to an obvious.
It was not the only incident when fever guard Sophie Cunningham delivered a tough mistake on Sheldon responding angrily. There was plenty of pushing and pushing along baseline, and officials later sprayed Cunningham, Sheldon and Lindsay Allen.
Fever -head coach Stephanie White was no one too happy with the officials after the game. She said she did not receive any explanation for the technical mistake of Clark and put Onus on the officials to gain control of the game in its early stages.
“I think it was pretty obvious that things are brewing,” White said via Indy Star. “When officials don’t get control over the ball game when they allow it to happen … It’s happened all season, all season. It’s not just this game.
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“This is what happens. You have competitive women who are the best in the world of what they do and when you allow them to play physically and you allow these things to happen, they have to compete and they want their teammates’ back. That’s exactly what you would expect from tough competition.
“I started talking to officials in the first quarter and we knew this would happen. You knew this would happen. They need to get control over it. They have to be better. They have to be better.”
Indiana Fever Guard Caitlin Clark, #22, is buried by Connecticut Sun Center Kariata Diaby, #23, in the second half of a WNBA -Basketball match in Indianapolis on Tuesday 17 June 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Crew Manager Ashley Gross spoke with a pool reporter after the game and was asked about Clark -technical errors.
“After the mistake of Sheldon, Clark responded in an unsportsmanlike way,” Goss said.
White said each coach brings up official problems at league meetings and understands that the job is getting harder, but officials have to find a way to remedy their calls with the ever -changing league.
“The game has changed so much. Players are faster, they are better, they are bigger, they are stronger, they are as good as they have ever been, so athletic as they have ever been. The game is fast, now. Things happen fast,” White said. “Everyone gets better except the officials. So we need to find a way to remedy it.
“We’ve heard every coach talk about it. I don’t know what the answer is.”
Indiana won the game 88-71.
