The WNBA does not disclose the amount of money that players are sentenced to a fine.
WTHR.com staff, Doug Feinberg, Associated Press
3:33 pm is June 18, 2025
3:33 pm is June 18, 2025
New York – The WNBA improved the technical fault on Marina Mabrey from Connecticut for pushing Caitlin Clark on the ground during Tuesday’s night match against Indiana to a blatant -2.
13News journalist Samantha Johnson spoke to a telephone league manager to confirm the information, who was first anonymously reported to the Associated Press.
Any blatant fault is delivered with an automatic fine. The official also said that the League had issued a second additional fine against Sophie Cunningham of the fever for his role in the fray on the field which occurred after committing a fault on Jacy Sheldon with 46.1 seconds. Cunningham received a flagrant-2 Tuesday evening.
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There will be no other penalties for actions on the field during the match, said the manager. The WNBA does not disclose the amount of money that players are sentenced to a fine.
The game at the end of the match was the culmination of tensions that were built throughout.
The Mabrey technique followed a skirmish in the third quarter. Sheldon pushed Caitlin Clark into the eyes while defending it. Clark rejected Sheldon and Mabrey pushed Clark forcefully, striking stars on the ground. Clark and Tina Charles were also assessed technical faults.
In a swimming pool report, Ashley Gloss said that the contact made by Mabrey had not reached the level of an ejection or met the criteria for a flagrant-2.
After the competition, the two teams said that missed calls and poor management of the game by officials led to the fray at the end.
The fever coach Stephanie White said that “the bad officiant” is a problem on the league and that “everyone (in the WNBA) is improving, except the officials”.
“I started talking to civil servants in the first quarter, and we knew it was going to happen,” said White. “You could say that it was going to happen. So they have to take control of it. They must be better.”
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