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The rivalry between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese received new fuel on Friday.
A clip is circulating of Clark ignoring Reese’s gesture for a high-five during a FIBA World Cup qualifying game. As Reese extended his hand to his Team USA teammate, Clark walked in the other direction.
The United States won the game 91-48 against Puerto Rico.
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Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese (Getty Images)
There has been alleged tension between Clark and Reese dating back to their meeting during the 2023 NCAA women’s basketball championship game.
Reese taunted Clark by pointing at his ring finger during the match, causing outrage and sparking an ongoing feud between fans.
Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes got revenge on Reese’s LSU Tigers a year later in the Elite Eight, but the tension reached a whole new level when the players reached the pros for their WNBA rookie seasons.
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LSU’s Angel Reese, right, reacts to Iowa’s Caitlin Clark during the second half of the NCAA national championship on April 2, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, file)
In their first WNBA season in 2024, Clark suffered a series of questionable fouls from Reese’s Sky throughout the 2024 season, including one from Reese on June 16.
In 2025, the two had a heated exchange after Reese pushed Fever forward Natasha Howard in the back as she grabbed an offensive rebound after a miss from teammate Rebecca Allen. Reese brought the ball low to the ground and Clark fouled before she went up to shoot. Reese fell to the ground.
Reese got up from the ground and found himself facing Clark.
The referees reviewed the play and determined that Clark used his left hand to push Reese to the ground. They turned Clark’s personal foul into a flagrant foul. And the Fever’s Reese and Aliyah Boston received technical fouls.
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Angel Reese (5) of the Chicago Sky and Caitlin Clark (22) of the Indiana Fever during the second half on June 23, 2024, at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. (Mélissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“There’s nothing malicious about it, just a good foul,” Clark told ESPN’s Holly Rowe.
Now the two stars are teammates for the United States as they try to qualify for the FIBA World Cup, but fans can probably still sense an awkward dynamic between them.
