Angel Reese couldn’t be more excited about one of his college basketball rivals.
Caitlin Clark set a new NCAA Division I women’s college basketball scoring record, electrifying Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Thursday night. Even though she wasn’t in attendance, LSU phenom Reese cheered for the Iowa superstar.
“Congratulations @CaitlinClark22 keep breaking records and making her story!” Reese posted an X with two black and yellow heart emojis in Iowa colors before Iowa beat Michigan 106-89 wrote.
It was a much different reaction to Clark than the one Reese handed during last season’s national championship game.
During LSU’s upset of Iowa, Reese was seen taunting Clark by pointing his ring finger at John Cena’s “You Can’t See Me” congratulations toward the end of the game.
Clark previously used the syna gesture early in the NCAA Tournament.
Reese said after the game that “disrespect” led her to act like that on the court.
“I’ve been waiting,” Reese said on ESPN’s postgame show last April. “Caitlin Clark is definitely a hell of a player, but I don’t mean to disrespect her lightly.
“She despised Alexis. [Morris] And my daughters, South Carolina, they’re my SEC daughters too. I don’t mean to disrespect them either. She wanted to pick her pocket, but she had a little time at the end of the game, so she was in her bag. I was in that exact moment. ”
Asked about the incident on SportsCenter in the days following the game, Clark said he was not concerned about Reese’s actions and didn’t think he should be “criticized” for the gesture.
lease Opened Thursday at Women’s Health Regarding the incident, the two women’s basketball megastars said they were “cool” with each other.
“I like being able to compete and stay calm afterwards, regardless of the noise outside,” Reese said. “People even call it magic.” [Johnson] And Larry Bird, those days. [of basketball] And how was it? If that’s us, that’s fine, cool…I think we’re both happy with what’s going on. ”
Elsewhere in the sports world, Clark, who set an Iowa single-game record with 49 points, was praised by many, including tennis icon Billie Jean King.
“She made history! Cheers @CaitlinClark22the new NCAA women’s basketball all-time leading scorer,” King wrote in X.
U.S. Women’s National Team legend Alex Morgan also praised Clark’s record.
“Incredible @CaitlinClark22 Embrace it all!” Morgan wrote about X.
Michigan native Tom Brady also paid tribute to the new GOAT in a video posted by the Big Ten.
“I just wanted to say congratulations on the record,” he said. “Like the rest of this country, while you’ve been following my daughter Kelsey, I’ve been following her, and I think she’s proud of you too. . . . I have it.”
