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Both Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark had the home of the university last weekend, but the crowds seemed to be very different.
Reese, now a member of Chicago Sky, played in his Alma Mater LSU on Friday in an exhibition against the Brazilian national team, and there were numerous empty seats seen.
Meanwhile, Clark’s return to Iowa, also against Brazil, sold out in less than an hour. Clark and his Indiana fever played in the sand, the first 2024 general selection called home for four years. It was where it became a family name in the midst of a record university career.
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Caitlin Clark by Indiana Fover and Angel Reese of Chicago Sky during a game in Gainbridge Fieldhouse on June 16, 2024 in Indianapolis. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
Although both players say there is no rivalry between them in the midst of a lot of drama on and off the court, Reese’s mother still managed to shoot at a “fans base.”
The Tigers of Reese, of course, defeated Iowa in the National Championship of 2023, and the unofficial rivalry of Reese-Clark began after Reese made fun of Clark in the second seconds of LSU’s victory. Reese’s mother, Angel Webb Reese, reminded Clark fans that day after her welcome competitions.
“AWW that a certain base of fans who look at the stands celebrating ‘assistance’ while others are looking up on the beams celebrating championship banners,” Webb wrote in an X post. “We are not equal. Different year, the same enemies have a great day.”
Caitlin Clark of fever and the angel reese of heaven compete during his game on June 1, 2024 in Indianapolis. (Jeff Haynes/NBAE through Getty Images)
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The comment continues what has been discussed a lot between basketball players and female fans. Reese said last year that both Faver and Iowa fans had been racist with the black players of the WNBA.
However, Clark did everything possible to remain silent in the midst of cultural wars.
“It’s not something I can control. I don’t think too much about things like that. To be honest, I don’t see much,” Clark said last summer. “As I said, basketball is my job. Everything abroad, I can’t control that, so I’m not going to spend time thinking about that. People can talk about what they want to talk, create conversations about whatever, but I think that for myself, I’m just here to play basketball.
“I am here to have fun. I am here to help my team win. We have won three games, we feel that we have been in a position to win some more than that. My approach is to help us do that. I do not have much importance to all that, to be honest.”
Angel Reese of LSU and Caitlin Clark Pose of Iowa before the WNBA Draft, on April 15, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, Archive)
The WNBA season begins on May 17 when Reese and Clark will meet in Indianapolis.
