Phoenix Mercury star guard Alyssa Thomas has been given a flagrant foul 2 by the WNBA office and suspended one game for “recklessly making contact with her fist to the throat area” of Indiana Fever star guard Caitlin Clark during Wednesday’s game between the teams.
Incident Details
The incident occurred with 6:52 left in the second quarter of the Mercury’s 111-109 triumph over host Indiana. No foul was called. Thomas will serve the suspension Saturday when Phoenix visits the Toronto Tempo.
The WNBA office said it has the option to review games and “classify as flagrant any foul not called as such during a game.” In this instance, Clark drove into the lane and fell on her side following contact with Phoenix defender Lexi Held. In the ensuing scramble for the ball, Thomas pushed her fist into Clark’s throat before getting up and stepping over Clark.
Fever coach Stephanie White was upset after the contest that Thomas wasn’t called for a foul. “No. 1, you’ve got to call it. It’s absolutely egregious and utterly disrespectful,” White said.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
