By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-08-08 22:51:55 | Updated at 2026-08-08 23:01:09
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Barring an overturn of a call made by an official on the floor, Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark is set to be suspended for her next game.
In the third quarter of the Fever's matchup with the Chicago Sky, Clark was driving to the basket when her defender, Natasha Cloud, blocked off Clark's lane.
In her attempt to keep the play alive, Clark threw a pass in the direction of a teammate. As her momentum carried forward, the Fever star made contact with official Genesis Perrymond and appeared to extend her forearm and elbow into the referee to move her away.
After about a second of game time had elapsed, Perrymond then blew her whistle and called a technical foul on Clark.
This marks the eighth technical foul that Clark has received this season. Unless the technical is overturned after an appeal, this will trigger an automatic one-game suspension.
Clark was stunned by the call, as was her coach Stephanie White. After the coach began screaming at Perrymond for an explanation, she too was assessed a technical.
Caitlin Clark faces a suspension after being assessed her eighth technical of the season
The foul was given after she made contact with an official after trying to make a play
'My tech was for saying that's bulls***,' White told reporters after the game.
'Even though I heard the F-bomb the whole f***ing game. My tech was for saying that's bulls***.'
Addressing Clark's foul, White said, 'That's a bad call - incidental contact when you're flying out of control and I thought her teammates should have come up and talked to her about that as well.
'That's really bad. That s*** happens all the time in a game - officials have to have some awareness in those moments and it didn't happen.'
White confirmed to reporters that the team has appealed the technical foul.
On the ABC broadcast, reporter Holly Rowe confirmed that the foul was given because there was 'extra contact with Caitlin's forearm.'
A pool report compiled after the game will provide a further explanation and has yet to be published.
After the conclusion of the game, Rowe asked Clark about the technical - leading the player to laugh in response: 'She said I ran into her, I've already watched it on tape,' Clark responded.
Despite the call, Clark didn't let it affect her as she put up 26 points in a Fever victory
'So, we'll let the league decide, but it wasn't intentional or anything. So I'm hoping it's getting rescinded.'
Clark maintained that she didn't say anything to the official and told Rowe 'see you in New York on Tuesday' when the Fever play the New York Liberty.
While Clark did commit six turnovers, she still put up a phenomenal performance to help lead the Fever to a 90-86 win over the Sky.
She dropped 26 points, four rebounds and 11 assists - along with two steals. Teammate Kelsey Mitchell led the Fever in scoring with 27 points of her own.
