Angel Reese is struck in the face by Sabrina Ionescu’s arm moments before halftime during the Atlanta Dream’s game against the New York Liberty on Wednesday night. With 5.6 seconds left in the second quarter, Reese draws an offensive foul call on Ionescu, but the play results in Ionescu’s arm contacting Reese’s face.
After the incident, Reese heads to the locker room and does not return for the second half. Newsweek reports she sits out following a hard flagrant foul, while Yahoo Sports focuses on the timing and immediate aftermath of the contact near halftime.
The outlets align on the key sequence—contact to Reese’s face near the end of the second quarter, followed by her absence from the remainder of the game—while differing in how they characterize the foul severity and the terminology used to describe the incident.
