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Angel Reese is tuned into the women’s college basketball national championship game despite her LSU team having been eliminated in the Elite Eight. In doing so, she’s watching the squad that ended the Tigers’ season, Iowa, competing in the title contest for a second straight year.
Reese wasn’t thrilled with how the game was called in the first half of action, singling out officiating for being one-sided towards Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes.
She wasn’t the only one, Dawn Staley included, who believed Clark and Co. were getting away with offensive fouls while seeing defenders whistled for touch fouls on the others side of the ball.
Reese posted a message on X showing her disgust.
i see how this game is about to go smh.
— Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) April 7, 2024
“I see how this game is about to go,” she wrote after seeing a few calls go the direction of the Hawkeyes.
She later doubled down on that opinion, replying to a social media follower who agreed with her stance.
i’ve typed up so many things and just hit delete about 6 times already 😭😭😭 https://t.co/UvJ8BbuGNL
— Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) April 7, 2024
How Caitlin Clark is officiated has become a topic of discussion throughout this NCAA Tournament. Many often see her either begging for calls or baiting referees into blowing the whistle, which viewers believe has influenced the way games are called.
Whether or not she receives preferential treatment is up for debate, but there are those who certainly believe it to be true.
Angel Reese is one of them!
Now, many in the replies cited sour grapes with Iowa having recently defeated Reese and the Tigers in the Big Dance.
“Watching from the couch calling every game rigged is loser mentality,” one follower wrote.
Clark got off to a hot start in that title matchup, setting an NCAA championship game record with an 18-point first quarter. South Carolina weathered the storm shortly thereafter, building a double-digit lead in the second half.