Isabelle Harrison Ejected After Taking Down Angel Reese During Tempo-dream Game

Toronto Tempo guardant Isabelle Harrison was tossed from Sunday’s crippled aft committing a difficult foul against nan Atlanta Dream’s Angel Reese.

Reese had established position successful nan overgarment astir 4 minutes into nan 3rd 4th erstwhile she was passed nan ball. Harrison reached complete and tackled her to nan floor. Reese’s teammates instantly jumped successful to abstracted nan 2 players.

The takedown occurred pinch astir 6:05 near successful nan 3rd quarter, while nan Dream were starring 52-42. Officials reviewed nan play and Harrison was assessed a Flagrant 2 foul for interaction that was deemed “unnecessary and excessive” and ejected from nan game.

Harrison, who was drafted successful 2015, was nan starring scorer for nan Tempo pinch 17 points astatine nan clip she was tossed. Reese ended nan crippled pinch 15 points and 17 rebounds successful Atlanta’s 102-77 victory. It marks nan ninth double-double of nan play for nan two-time All Star.

WNBA officials person been cracking down connected beingness play this play aft complaints astir nan level of physicality past year.

Things appeared to get heated betwixt nan 2 erstwhile teammates, who crossed paths during Reese’s rookie play pinch nan Chicago Sky, starting successful nan first half of Sunday’s crippled astatine nan Coca-Cola Coliseum successful Toronto. The players could beryllium seen exchanging words passim their match-up and astatine 1 constituent during nan 2nd quarter, Harrison swatted astatine nan shot being held by Reese aft play had already been stopped.

After nan game, Tempo coach Sandy Brondello said Harrison’s ejection was “unfortunate” because Harrison was “playing truthful well.” When asked astir what she was hoping to spot from her squad successful their adjacent agelong of games, Brondello mentioned consistency and her players “not getting excessively precocious [or] excessively low.”

“I deliberation sometimes nan emotions get nan champion of america and takes distant from really we want to play,” Brondella said.

Dream defender Allisha Gray, who led each scorers pinch 26 points, praised her teammate aft nan game.

“Angel’s a beast connected nan boards,” Gray said. “She does everything that we request to thief america triumph and execute our goals for nan game. So, I deliberation Angel did really good tonight, keeping her composure and really battling connected nan boards.”

The Dream (9-4) is presently 4th successful convention standings, while nan Tempo (7-7) beryllium successful ninth place.