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The rivalry between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese received new fuel on Friday.
A clip is circulating of Clark ignoring Reese’s high-five gesture during a FIBA World Cup qualifying match. As Reese extended her hand to her USA teammate, Clark walked in the other direction.
The United States won the game 91-48 over Puerto Rico.
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Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese (Getty Images)
There is suspected tension between Clark and Reese dating back to their meeting at the 2023 NCAA women’s basketball championship.
Reese mocked Clark by pointing at his ring finger during the game, sparking outrage and leading to an ongoing dispute among fans.
Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes got revenge on Reese’s LSU Tigers a year later in the Elite Eight, but the tension reached a whole new level when the players turned pro in their rookie seasons in the WNBA.
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LSU’s Angel Reese, right, reacts to Iowa’s Caitlin Clark during the second half of the NCAA national championship on April 2, 2023 in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutiérrez, File)
In her first WNBA season in 2024, Clark drew a number of questionable fouls from Reese’s Sky throughout the 2024 season, including one from Reese on June 16.
In 2025, the two had a heated exchange after Reese shoved Fever forward Natasha Howard in the back while grabbing an offensive rebound off a miss by teammate Rebecca Allen. Reese brought the ball down and Clark fouled her before she went in to shoot. Reese fell before the ground.
Reese got up from the ground and faced Clark.
The referees reviewed the play and determined that Clark used his left hand to push Reese to the ground. They upgraded the personal foul on Clark to a flagrant foul. And Reese and Aliyah Boston of the Fever received technical fouls.
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Angel Reese (5) of the Chicago Sky and Caitlin Clark (22) of the Indiana Fever during the second half on June 23, 2024, at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. (Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“There’s nothing malicious about it, just a good foul,” Clark told ESPN’s Holly Rowe.
Now, the two stars are teammates for the United States as they try to reach the FIBA World Cup, but fans can probably still sense an awkward dynamic between them.
