Tuesday’s game between the Dallas Wings and Atlanta Dream was historic for the wrong reasons. A WNBA record 10 technical fouls were called between both teams. Two of those were attributed to former Notre Dame star [autotag]Arike Ogunbowale[/autotag] as she sat on the bench, meaning she was ejected with 1:42 left in the Wings’ 85-73 victory. With the Wings’ win assured thanks in part to her 21 points, Ogunbowale decided she would make a spectacle as she headed back to the locker room:
Arike hyped up the crowd and signed an autograph after getting ejected đ pic.twitter.com/YRJnzMvX2w
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 21, 2023
When asked to comment on the technicals, Ogunbowale said this:
Arike Ogunbowale shared her thoughts after being ejected from the Dream-Wings game that saw a WNBA record of 10 technical fouls đ pic.twitter.com/7V9FITjHuJ
— ESPN (@espn) June 21, 2023
She also took to Twitter for some more unfiltered thoughts, sort of:
I wish I could say more but I ainât tryna lose no mo money đ¤đ great win thoâźď¸ https://t.co/iYY4hPQHPb
— Arike Ogunbowale (@Arike_O) June 21, 2023
But she also probably was still on a high from this ankle-breaking move she executed during the game:
Arike Ogunbowale taking ankles đłđĽ @DallasWings pic.twitter.com/3dYWkCWP2N
— espnW (@espnW) June 21, 2023
Ogunbowale, who scored a career-high 41 points as the Wings lost their previous game to [autotag]Jewell Loyd[/autotag] and the Seattle Storm, is well on her way to another All-Star selection. If the season ended today, she would have career highs of 23.3 points and 4.2 assists a game. There’s no reason to think she’ll drop off. As we just saw, she’ll bring attitude and a little creativity with her, too.
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