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New year, same rivalry between WNBA superstars Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. The heated rivals, who finished 1-2 in the league’s Rookie of the Year voting a year ago, squared off in the opening game of the season for the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky on Saturday, and it wasn’t long before things got chippy.
Clark looked every bit like a potential WNBA MVP, which general managers across the league suggested she might be. The second-year player out of Iowa has 20 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds at the time of writing. But things were a bit more difficult for Reese. The former LSU Tigers star is 5-of-14 for 12 points, although she also has 17 rebounds.
Caitlin Clark Commits Hard Foul On Angel Reese Leading To Heated Altercation
Midway through the third quarter, the two had a coming together when Clark committed a hard foul on Reese to prevent her from finishing a layup. Reese went tumbling to the ground but quickly bounced back up and went after Clark. Ultimately, referees and teammates stepped in between the two to keep them from getting physical.
Angel Reese takes exception to this Caitlin Clark foul pic.twitter.com/zV23fdfu23
— Clark Report (@CClarkReport) May 17, 2025
The incident is just the latest run-in between the two, who have been tied together since their college days when Reese got the better of Clark en route to a 2023 NCAA Tournament victory. Both Clark and Reese have been complimentary of one another, downplaying the rivalry.
“That’s the only thing people wanted to talk about when we just went on this magical run and united so many people, and that, like, was frustrating to me,” Clark said a year ago.
But the more they meet up in big games, and the more they come together in incidents like this, it’s hard to imagine things won’t eventually get pretty heated.