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A WNBA match descended into chaos when two teams sparked a heated brawl and THREE players were ejected.
The Connecticut Sun hosted the Chicago Sky on Wednesday at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
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And there was a lot of drama in Montville as the Sun’s Bria Hartley and the Sky’s Rebecca Allen were sent off for getting into a scuffle.
And Chicago’s Ariel Atkins followed them “for being an escalator” as she shoved Hartley and touched the referee, according to ESPN.
The incident kicked off in the second quarter when the Sun’s Saniya Rivers and Hartley battled Allen for a rebound.
Hartley and Allen tangled arms and the former appeared to have shoved her opponent to the floor.
The Sky star attempted to grab her opponent as she fell before later taking a hold of her jersey for several seconds.
Players from both WNBA sides got involved with Atkins running full steam into a referee while attempting to confront Hartley.
The brawl stopped play for about 10 minutes but then the action restarted and led to a 71-62 victory for the Sun.
Sky coach Tyler Marsh described the incident as “unfortunate.”
Marsh said: “I think things like that have a tendency to happen when there’s not a control put on the game prior to — there’s usually an incident that goes overlooked that leads to something like that.
“I think [Allen] clearly got elbowed in the face right in front of the ref. It wasn’t called. Then, other things ensued.
“It’s unfortunate for us. Two players that play high-quality, high-valuable minutes for us, we were down for most of the game.
“It was tough. I thought the team rallied back, fought hard to finish it out but it’s unfortunate.”
