Sky HC Ejected From Sun Game
The 2025 WNBA regular season has seen a few altercations between the Chicago Sky and the Connecticut Sun. On Saturday, that was still the case between these two Eastern Conference rivals.
Both prior games involved egregious fouls as fans witnessed a few ejections and players received suspensions or fines in the process.
Earlier this month, Sun player Bria Hartley gave an elbow to the face of the Sky's Rebecca Allen. Chicago teammate Ariel Atkins took exception to it and came to Allen's defense.
The refs had seen enough and ejected Hartley, Allen, and Atkins during the first half of the game. The Sky lost 71-62 that day.
Chicago Sky Head Coach Tyler Marsh was ejected during the second quarter of the Sky-Sun game. pic.twitter.com/E7ATXaDl3b
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On Saturday, someone else got ejected during the Sky vs. Sun game
Clearly frustrated with a lack of no-calls by the officials during the contest at Wintrust Arena, the first-year head coach had seen enough. Tyler Marsh let his feelings and thoughts on the matter be known to the refs before the threw him out of the game on Saturday.
Marsh and the Sky's star forward Angel Reese are not the only ones to voice their complaints regarding the officiating this year. Many remarks and comments made their way to the league office. Even WNBA Commissioner Cathy Englebert has responded.
"As we go forward on the officiating, we hear the concerns. We take that employee input," Engelbert said. "Every play is reviewed. We spend hours and hours and hours. Obviously, we use that then to follow up with officials’ training."
Engelbert also added "Consistency is important. I think some people observe our game versus other basketball formats [and think] there aren't a ton of fouls called, but I realize consistency is the name of the game."
Chicago Sky Head Coach Tyler Marsh was EJECTED following this play 👀
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What exactly did Marsh do to get ejected on Saturday?
The former Las Vegas Aces assistant coach approached an official in the Sky's loss to the Sun. It happened early on during the second quarter. The exchange was enough for that referee to issue the ejection.
It was hard being in the back and not being out there for the team. I felt like I was letting them down, other part of me was like, I had to. It’s been egregious all year," said Marsh. "You guys saw that clear as day and I think that when stuff like that goes uncalled, things happen.… I feel like we’ve been on the short end of the stick all year.”
While no fine or suspension as been handed out to Marsh as of yet, he is expected to coach his current team against his former one on Monday night at Wintrust Arena.
This will be the first meeting between the two teams this season. The Sky and the Aces have two more games against each other before the end of the regular season.
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My name is Scott Conrad and I am a Contributor for the Chicago Sky with Sports Illustrated.com. I am also a Contributor with FanSided on NinerNoise, as well as Da Windy City. In addition, I am the Site Editor/Expert for The View from Avalon. I spent two seasons (2015 & 2016) with the Tampa Bay Times as a Correspondent covering high school football. I am a two-time published author with more work to come. In my teenage years, I started watching both MLS and WNBA start in 1996 and grow to be the juggernauts they are in their respective sports. Much love to the career on and off the court for fellow-Napervillian and former Sky forward Candace Parker. Outside of the sports journalism world, I am a travel volleyball coach. I accepted the Head Coach position with Greater Cincinnati Volleyball Club for their U13-2 team. In terms of active sports, I play volleyball, soccer, softball, kickball and train in mixed martial arts.