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The temperature exploded several times during the victory of Indiana’s fever over the Connecticut sun on Tuesday with Caitlin Clark in the center of the escapes once more.
Clark and Sun Jacy Sheldon’s guard were putting chippy at the beginning of the game, but it was not until the third quarter that the tensions were passed. Sheldon put Clark in the eye, and triggered a skirmish that ended with the marine guard Mabrey pushing Clark to the ground.
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Indiana’s fever guard, Caitlin Clark, #22, is beaten by Connecticut Sun Marina Mabrey, #3, during a fight in the second half of a WNBA basketball match in Indianapolis on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Indiana’s fever guard, Sophie Cunningham, #8, and Connecticut Sun’s guard, Jacy Sheldon, #4, fight in the second half of a WNBA basketball match in Indianapolis on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Clark, for some reason, a technical foul was evaluated during the incident, like Mabrey and the veteran of Sun Tina Charles. Sheldon’s common lack was updated to a flagrant.
It was not the only incident when the fever guard, Sophie Cunningham, issued a bad foul on Sheldon, who reacted angry. There were a lot of thrust and pushing along the baseline and the officials then expelled Cunningham, Sheldon and Lindsay Allen.
The chief coach of Faver, Stephanie White, was not very happy with the officials after the game. She said she did not receive any explanation for the technical lack of Clark and put the responsibility of the officials to obtain control of the game in her early stages.
“I think it was quite obvious that things were brewing,” said White, through Indy Star. “When officials do not get the control of the ball game, when they allow those things to happen … it has been happening throughout the season, throughout the season. It is not just this game.
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“This is what happens. You have competitive women who are the best in the world in what they do and when you allow them to play physical, and allow these things to happen, compete and have their backs on their teammates. It is exactly what you would expect from a fierce competition.
“I started talking to officials in the first quarter, and we knew this was going to happen. You knew this was going to happen. They have to control it. They have to be better. They have to be better.”
The Indiana fever guard, Caitlin Clark, #22, receives a foul in the center of Connecticut Sun, Kariata Diaby, #23, in the second half of a WNBA basketball match in Indianapolis on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
The chief of the crew, Ashley Gross, spoke with a pool reporter after the game and asked about Clark’s technical foul.
“After Sheldon’s lack, Clark reacted in an unsportsmanlike way,” Goss said.
White said that each coach raises official problems during the League meetings and understands that the work is becoming more difficult, but officials must find a way to remedy their calls with the league constantly changing.
“The game has changed a lot. The players are faster, they are better, they are bigger, they are stronger, they are as good as ever, as athletic as always. The game is fast, now. Things are happening quickly,” White said. “Everyone is improving, except officials. So we have to find a way to remedy it.
“We have heard each coach talk about that. I don’t know what the answer is.”
Indiana won the game 88-71.
