Three players ejected from Sky vs Sun game after heated scuffle
As a result, Hartley, Allen and Atkins were all ejected. Hartley was 0-of-3 from the field and 0-of-1 from the 3-point line in 10 minutes of work before hitting the showers early. Atkins ended the night with five points in 9 minutes for the Sky, while Allen was scoreless in 6 minutes (0-of-1 FG).
Status alert: Bria Hartley, Rebecca Allen, Ariel Atkins have been ejected Wednesday.pic.twitter.com/YT0aoXcGVu — Underdog WNBA (@UnderdogWNBA) August 13, 2025
It wasn't the first incident of the night between Allen and Hartley. Earlier in the game, Allen was elbowed in the face by Hartley and a foul was not called. Sky head coach Tyler Marsh said the unchecked contact escalated to the ejections.
"It was unfortunate. I think things like that have a tendency to happen when there's not a control put on the game prior to. There's usually an incident that goes overlooked that leads to something like that," he said in his postgame remarks. "(Allen) clearly got elbowed in the face right in front of the ref and it wasn't called. Then other things ensued. It's unfortunate for us. Two players that play high-quality, high-valuable minutes for us."
Following the matchup, Sky forward Angel Reese posted, "ARIEL A REAL ONE. BEEN." Reese was ruled out of Wednesday's matchup due to a back injury.
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