The Fever rookie has a long history with Reese dating back to their college days.
Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark has been on the receiving end of a flagrant foul twice now when playing the Chicago Sky, but that hasn’t made her at all jaded about future matchups.
After the Fever’s 91-83 win over the Sky, Clark brushed off Sky forward Angel Reese’s flagrant foul during Sunday’s postgame presser.Clark was driving toward the basket for a layup when Reese swung her arm and hit Clark in the back of the head. In light of her competitive history against Reese, Clark was asked why her matchups with the former LSU standout tend to draw so much attention, dating back to when Clark’s Hawkeyes and Reese’s Tigers set viewership records in the NCAA women’s tournament.
“I think it’s just the emotion and the passion that we play with,” Clark said. “I think people love to see that and I think that’s maybe not something that was always appreciated in women’s sports and it should be… We’re competitors. That’s the way the game should be. It’s gonna get a little feisty, it’s gonna get a little physical, but at the end of the day, both teams are just trying to win.”“I think it’s just the emotion and the passion that we play with.
“It’s been fun getting to compete against her,” Clark said. “I think it’s been really good for the game. People just love seeing great matchups.”Kristen Wong is a Staff Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated. She has been a sports journalist since 2020. Before joining SI, Kristen covered four NFL teams as an associate editor with the FanSided NFL Network and worked as a staff writer for the brand’s flagship site.
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