Caitlin Clark: Angel Reese should not be criticized for gestures at title game

Iowa star Caitlin Clark said Tuesday that LSU’s Angel Reese should not be criticized for the gestures she made toward Clark in the final moments of Sunday’s national championship game. Here’s what you need to know:

• In the final minutes, as the eventual winner LSU built a sizable lead over Iowa, Reese made John Cena’s “you can’t see me” gesture toward Clark, then pointed to her ring finger. Though Clark did a similar taunt earlier in the tournament, Reese’s actions have dominated the postgame discourse.
• Reese has spoken about the gestures multiple times since, saying she was being “unapologetically” herself. “So this was for the girls that look like me, that’s going to speak up on what they believe in,” she said after the game. “It’s unapologetically you. That’s what I did it for tonight. It was bigger than me tonight.”
• During an appearance on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” on Tuesday, Clark said she has “nothing but respect” for Reese and that the LSU sophomore “should never be criticized for what she did. I competed, she competed.”

“I don’t think Angel should be criticized at all.”

Caitlin Clark said she thought Angel Reese received too much backlash for her celebrations during the championship game. (via @OTLonESPN)