WNBA suspending Phoenix Mercury's player Alyssa Thomas for one game for thrusting her fist into the throat of Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark during a game Wednesday night, the WNBA said Thursday.
No foul was called on the "hit" when it happened with 6 minutes and 52 seconds left in the second quarter, but she has since received a flagrant foul penalty.
Thomas' fist made sustained contact with Clark's throat as she was pinned to the floor and Fever coach Stephanie White called the no-call "egregious" in comments after the game.
"The fact that it was a no-call … You got to call it," White said, adding that the lack of a foul in the moment was "absolutely unacceptable."
The WNBA review after the game "deemed (Thomas) to have committed a non-basketball act" by recklessly making contact with Clark's throat.
Thomas will serve her suspension Saturday, June 27, when the Mercury play the Toronto Tempos at home.