Three Ejected in Heated Sky vs Sun WNBA Clash
Hey everyone, let me tell you about a wild moment that went down in the WNBA recently. Wednesday night’s game between the Chicago Sky and the Connecticut Sun got a lot more intense than anyone expected, even though there wasn’t much on the line—both teams are having a tough season. The Sun ended up winning 71-62, but what people are talking about most is the scuffle that led to three players being ejected.
It all started with just over six minutes left in the second quarter. The Sun were up 27-21, and a routine rebound under the basket quickly turned into a full-on confrontation. Chicago’s Rebecca Allen and Connecticut’s Bria Hartley got tangled up, and Allen appeared to push Hartley in the back. Hartley didn’t take kindly to that and shoved Allen to the ground. As Allen went down, she grabbed Hartley’s jersey in response. What might have been a minor clash was amplified when Sky guard Ariel Atkins jumped in to defend her teammate, even making contact with an official in the process.
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The referees, coaches, and security all had to step in to separate the players, but it was too late—Hartley, Allen, and Atkins were all ejected. Hartley had been struggling offensively before the incident, going 0-for-3 from the field and 0-for-1 from three-point range in just ten minutes on the court. Allen finished scoreless in six minutes, and Atkins added five points in nine minutes before being sent off.
Interestingly, this wasn’t the first incident between Hartley and Allen that night. Earlier in the game, Hartley had elbowed Allen in the face and no foul was called. According to Sky head coach Tyler Marsh, that missed call set the stage for the ejections. He described the situation as unfortunate and said it showed how small, unchecked incidents can escalate into something bigger. “Things like that have a tendency to happen when there’s not control put on the game prior to it,” Marsh said after the game.
The players weren’t the only ones reacting—Sky forward Angel Reese, who was out with a back injury, took to social media to praise Atkins for stepping up for her teammate, calling her “a real one.” Even though the Sun walked away with the win, both teams are still near the bottom of the standings, with the Sun at 6-26 and the Sky at 8-24.
So, while the game might have been low stakes in terms of playoff implications, the intensity on the court reminded everyone that emotions run high no matter what’s on the line. In the end, the story from this matchup wasn’t just the score—it was the chaos under the basket that everyone will be talking about for a while.
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