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Caitlin Clark’s Interaction With Official Results in Technical Foul

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Parker Johnson | Last updated Jun 17, 2025 9:44 PM ET

The WNBA Commissioner's Cup game between the Indiana Fever and the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday night had the intensity of a playoff game with a spot in the Commissioner's Cup final potentially on the line.

A win for Indiana combined with a win by the New York Liberty over the Atlanta Dream would give Caitlin Clark and the Fever the top spot in the East and a place in the final versus the winner of the West — a game with a $500,000 prize pool.

The chippy game included several intense confrontations between Clark and players on the Sun, including Jacy Sheldon and Marina Mabrey.

However, it was an incident involving Sun rookie Aneesah Morrow that led Clark to challenge the officiating crew.

In the second quarter, Morrow was assessed a technical foul after she bounced the ball high in frustration after a whistle against Connecticut.

Originally, the official did not see the infraction, but Clark pointed it out, according to Indy Star reporter Chloe Peterson, who was covering the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

A technical foul has been assessed to Aneesah Morrow after she bounced the ball high in frustration after a foul.

CC pointed out the ball bounce, and the refs then called the tech.
— Chloe Peterson (@chloepeterson67) June 17, 2025

It is no surprise that Clark was familiar with the intricacies of what constitutes a technical foul by the book. She picked up six in her rookie season, one short of the number that would prompt a one-game suspension from the WNBA.

Heading into 2025, she vowed to commit no more than two, but after the game against the Sun, she is already on thin ice when it comes to that ambitious goal.

Status alert: Caitlin Clark, Marina Mabrey, Tina Charles assessed technical fouls Tuesday.

Jacy Sheldon was assessed a flagrant 1 foul.

No players were ejected.pic.twitter.com/YlBf7s39Hn
— Underdog WNBA (@UnderdogWNBA) June 18, 2025

The 23-year-old guard was assessed her second technical foul of the season in the third quarter for her role an altercation that led to Mabrey earning a technical foul for knocking the Fever star to the floor. Sheldon also was assessed a flagrant 1 foul.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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