Indiana Fever participant Sophie Cunningham was ejected from the court docket throughout a WNBA sport in opposition to the Connecticut Solar following a heated interplay with the opposition on the Gainbridge Fieldhouse Enviornment on Wednesday.
Indiana Fever secured an 88-71 win, and within the ultimate minute of the fourth quarter, Cunningham dedicated a tough foul on Solar’s Jacy Sheldon. The incident sparked a near-brawl between the 2, with each gamers getting ejected.
After the match, Solar’s coach Rachid Meziane stated that Sophie’s behaviour was ‘utterly silly’.
“For me, it’s simply disrespectful to do this foul if you end up successful the sport by 17 factors, utterly silly,” Meziane stated.
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Alternatively, Fever’s coach Stephanie White had one other outlook.
“It was fairly apparent that stuff was brewing,” White stated in reference to her star participant, Caitlin Clark, being troubled all through the sport. She was blindsided by a success from Marina Mabrey after just a few exchanges with Jacy earlier within the sport.
“When the officers don’t get management of the ball sport, after they permit that stuff to occur, and it’s been taking place all season lengthy. It’s not simply this sport, that is what occurs, proper?” she added.