WNBA: No suspensions from Fever-Sun scuffles

No players volition look suspensions aft a brace of scuffles broke retired successful Tuesday's Indiana Fever-Connecticut Sun game, including 1 successful the last infinitesimal that resulted successful 3 players getting ejected, the WNBA told ESPN connected Wednesday.

Indiana defender Sophie Cunningham, who was awarded a flagrant 2 and instantly disqualified for her hard foul connected Connecticut's Jacy Sheldon with 46.1 seconds remaining successful the game, received a consequent good successful summation to the modular good that comes with earning a flagrant 2.

Connecticut defender Marina Mabrey's method foul for forcefully bumping Caitlin Clark to the level earlier successful the crippled has besides been upgraded to a flagrant 2.

The late-game commotion was the culmination of chippiness, carnal play and heightened tensions that had been gathering passim the evening, with the contention yet featuring six technicals and 2 flagrants.

Things started to escalate when, midway done the 3rd quarter, Sheldon poked Clark successful the oculus portion defending her. Clark pushed Sheldon distant earlier Mabrey knocked Clark to the floor.

Clark, Mabrey and Tina Charles received method fouls and Sheldon a flagrant 1. Official Ashley Gloss said successful the excavation study aft the crippled that the interaction made by Mabrey did not emergence to the level of ejection oregon conscionable the criteria for a flagrant 2.

The crippled ended with a much sizeable melee, erstwhile Cunningham committed a hard foul connected Sheldon arsenic she attempted a breakaway layup, with an altercation ensuing betwixt the players and yet enveloping teammates, coaches and information arsenic they tried to quell the tensions. Sheldon and teammate Lindsay Allen were deemed "escalators" successful the incident, Gloss said successful the postgame excavation report, and were ejected for fighting.

After the game, some Fever and Sun unit were captious of the officiating for allowing tensions to intensify passim the game. Indiana manager Stephanie White said that "everybody [in the league] is getting better, but the officials." White has not been fined for those comments, the league told ESPN.

The Sun are backmost successful enactment Wednesday against the Phoenix Mercury. The Fever caput retired to the westbound seashore for a Thursday tilt astatine Golden State.