The WNBA doesn’t disclose the amount of money players are fined.
WTHR.com staff, Doug Feinberg, Associated Press
3:33 PM EDT June 18, 2025
3:33 PM EDT June 18, 2025
NEW YORK — The WNBA has upgraded the technical foul on Connecticut’s Marina Mabrey for shoving Caitlin Clark to the floor during Tuesday’s night game against Indiana to a Flagrant-2.
13News reporter Samantha Johnson spoke to a league official on the phone to confirm the information, which was first reported anonymously to the Associated Press.
Any flagrant foul comes with an automatic fine. The official also said the league has issued a second additional fine against the Fever’s Sophie Cunningham for her role in the on-court melee that occurred after she fouled Jacy Sheldon with 46.1 seconds left. Cunningham received a Flagrant-2 Tuesday night.
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There will be no further penalties for on-court actions during the game, the official said. The WNBA doesn’t disclose the amount of money players are fined.
The play at the end of the game was the culmination of tensions that had been building throughout.
Mabrey’s technical followed a skirmish in the third quarter. Sheldon poked Caitlin Clark in the eye while defending her. Clark pushed Sheldon away and Mabrey forcefully pushed Clark, knocking the star guard to the ground. Clark and Tina Charles were also assessed technical fouls.
In a pool report, official Ashley Gloss said the contact made by Mabrey didn’t rise to the level of an ejection or meet the criteria for a Flagrant-2.
After the contest, both teams said missed calls and poor game management by the officials led to the melee at the end.
Fever coach Stephanie White said “bad officiating” is a leaguewide issue and that “everybody (in the WNBA) is getting better, except the officials.”
“I started talking to the officials in the first quarter, and we knew this was going to happen,” White said. “You could tell it was going to happen. So, they’ve got to get control of it. They’ve got to be better.”
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