Caitlin Clark draws technical, Jacy Sheldon gets flagrant foul in Fever-Sun scuffle

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INDIANAPOLIS — The emotions boiled over between Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark and the Connecticut Sun players on Tuesday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, resulting in Clark being poked in the eye and shoved to the floor. At the 4:48 mark of the third quarter, Clark was flagrant fouled by Sun guard Jacy Sheldon and body-checked from her blindside by Sheldon’s teammate Marina Mabrey.

As Clark dribbled down the lane, Sheldon reached in with her right hand and poked her in the eye. Clark immediately grabbed at her face in pain and took exception by shoving Sheldon, which prompted Sheldon’s teammates Tina Charles and Mabrey to enter the fray. Charles went up to Clark and wagged her finger in Clark’s face, and then Mabrey came over and pushed Clark to the floor while Clark had her back turned.

The Fever and Sun got into a scuffle after Caitlin Clark was poked in the eye by Jacy Sheldon.


Afterwards, Marina Mabrey shoved Clark.


Clark, Mabrey and Tina Charles were called for technicals. Sheldon received a flagrant.


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Upon review, the referees upgraded Sheldon’s foul on Clark to a flagrant. They also issued technical fouls on Clark, Charles and Mabrey, who was allowed to stay in the game despite shoving Clark down.

After the dust-up, Mabrey was relentlessly booed by the home crowd at Gainbridge Fieldhouse every time she touched the ball.

The tension was building between Clark and Sheldon from the start of the game as Sheldon hounded Clark on defense. The two came face-to-face to argue late in the first quarter and had to be separated by their teammates and the officials.

This article originally appeared in The Athletic.

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