A day after multiple players were ejected in a pair of games, the WNBA handed out punishment to them.
Chicago Sky forward Ruthy Hebard received the only suspension from the league Monday. She will have to sit out one game for leaving the bench area during an on-court altercation in the Sky’s win over the Dallas Wings on Sunday.
Hebard left the bench when teammate Dana Evans and Dallas’ Odyssey Sims got involved in a dust-up on the court in the third quarter. She’ll miss the team’s game Tuesday against the Minnesota Lynx. Hebard had two points and three rebounds in seven minutes Sunday.
The Sky’s Courtney Williams was fined for also leaving the bench area during the altercation.
Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale was ejected with 52 seconds left after making unnecessary contact with an official. She was fined for that as well as for making inappropriate comments toward the official and publicly criticizing the officiating after the loss.
The WNBA also handed out fines for the Washington Mystics-Los Angeles Sparks game Sunday. Layshia Clarendon and Brittney Sykes were penalized for making unnecessary contact with each other and escalating the situation that occurred with 33 seconds left. Both players were ejected.
Ariel Atkins and Shakira Austin, who are injured and didn’t play in the game, were fined for leaving the bench area during the altercation.
The WNBA doesn’t disclose the amount of fines.