Caitlin Clark gets poked in eye, shoved to ground in skirmish with Sun players

A WNBA Commissioner’s Cup matchup betwixt the Indiana Fever and Connecticut Sun was chippy until the 3rd 4th erstwhile tensions betwixt the 2 teams boiled over.

Fever prima Caitlin Clark was being guarded by Sun defender Jacy Sheldon. As Clark backed Sheldon down astatine the apical of the key, Sheldon poked Clark successful the eye. Clark was upset with the determination from Sheldon and pushed her distant successful fury.

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Connecticut Sun guardant Olivia Nelson-Ododa (10) fouls Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) successful the archetypal fractional of a WNBA hoops crippled successful Indianapolis, Tuesday, June 17, 2025.  (Michael Conroy/AP Photo)

As Clark complained, Sun defender Marina Mabrey came implicit and shoved Clark to the crushed arsenic she had her backmost turned. Fever and Sun players came implicit to interruption up the skirmish.

Clark seemed to beryllium OK arsenic she went backmost to the seat and waited for the referees to find their adjacent people of action.

Sheldon’s communal foul was upgraded to a flagrant foul. The referees called offsetting technicals connected Clark and Sun seasoned Tina Charles. Mabrey was besides deed with a method foul and avoided ejection.

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Connecticut Sun defender Jacy Sheldon (4) and Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) explicit vexation with each different Tuesday, June 17, 2025, during a crippled betwixt the Indiana Fever and the Connecticut Sun astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis. (Grace Smith/IndyStar/USA Today via Imagn Images)

Clark and Sheldon had been assertive with each different passim the night. Their rivalry goes backmost to their assemblage days erstwhile Clark was with Iowa and Sheldon was astatine Ohio State.

The Fever led 55-45 with 4:48 near successful the game.

Clark was successful the midst of her 2nd crippled since her instrumentality from injury. She lit up the lamp against the New York Liberty implicit the play erstwhile she scored 32 points connected 11-of-20 from the field. She made 7 3-points successful the victory.

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) dribbles the shot portion Connecticut Sun defender Jacy Sheldon (4) defends successful the archetypal fractional astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Images)

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Indiana was capable to spell backmost to 5-5 connected the play with the victory. Connecticut entered Tuesday night’s crippled with a 3-7 sitting toward the bottommost of the WNBA standings.

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