It was battle evening in Indianapolis on Tuesday.
Besides it got here throughout a WNBA recreation.
The Connecticut Solar and Indiana Fever confronted off Tuesday evening and the primary half was primarily regular, because the groups competed in a detailed recreation.
However when the second half arrived, that every one modified in a heartbeat.
Midway by means of the third quarter, as Fever Caitlin Clark had possession of the ball, she was poked within the eye by Jacy Sheldon.
Each Clark and Sheldon exchanged phrases after the foul and it shortly grew to become heated.
As Suns heart Tina Charles tried to mediate the state of affairs, Marina Mabrey ran in and shoved Clark to the bottom.
When the mud settled, Sheldon acquired a flagrant one foul and Mabrey, Clark, and Charles all got technical fouls.
It shocked many who Mabrey was not ejected from the sport, however crew chief Ashley Gloss advised the Indianapolis Star that the actions didn’t warrant her being ousted.
“The contact made by Mabrey did not rise to the level of an ejection,” Gloss mentioned, “Additionally, [it] did not meet the criteria for a flagrant foul penalty two.”
However that battle was not the final of the evening.
With simply 47 seconds remaining within the Fever’s 88-71 win, Sheldon drove towards the ring for a layup.
Indiana’s Sophie Cunningham then got here from behind and yanked her hair and pulled Sheldon to the bottom.
One other scuffle ensued, main to 3 ejections.
Cunningham was ejected and acquired a flagrant 2 foul for pulling Sheldon’s hair, whereas Sheldon and the Solar’s Lindsay Allen have been additionally booted for combating.
The Fever’s win and Clark’s 20-point outing have been in the end overshadowed by the fights that occurred.
WNBA referees have acquired criticism for the feistiness allowed throughout video games, which continued Tuesday.
“Everybody’s getting better, except the officials,” Fever coach Stephanie White mentioned. “We’ve heard every coach talk about it. I don’t know what the answer is.”
