Angel Reese clobbers Caitlin Clark in head in flagrant foul during Sky-Fever game

INDIANAPOLIS — One of the most tense rivalries in sports has another chapter.

With shortly under three minutes remaining in the third quarter of Sunday’s Fever-Sky game, Caitlin Clark drove to the basket and got whacked in the head by Angel Reese.

Officials reviewed the play and assessed Reese with a Flagrant One.

Reese and Clark have been intertwined since last year’s women’s college basketball season, when Reese taunted Clark at the end of the national championship game when LSU beat Iowa.

Clark and Iowa got their revenge this past April, knocking LSU out of March Madness in Albany to reach the Final Four.


Angel Reese (5) of the Sky was called for a flagrant 1 foul for hitting the Fever's Caitlin Clark (22) in the head on a drive to the basket on Sunday in the third quarter.Angel Reese (5) of the Sky was called for a flagrant 1 foul for hitting the Fever’s Caitlin Clark (22) in the head on a drive to the basket on Sunday in the third quarter.CBS
Another view of Angel Reese's flagrant foul on Caitlin Clark.Another view of Angel Reese’s flagrant foul on Caitlin Clark.CBS
Earlier this month, Reese notably leapt up and cheered when her Sky teammate Chennedy Carter hip-checked Clark in a blatant non-basketball play that was eventually upgraded to a flagrant foul by the WNBA league office.

In part due to the rivalry between Clark and Reese, Sunday’s game at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse has had the energy of a playoff game despite the Sky entering the game with a 4-8 record while the Fever were 4-10.

At the end of the third quarter, the Fever led the Sky 68-66.

Clark had 18 points, five rebounds and five assists while Reese had nine points, 11 rebounds and four assists.