Mercury’s Alyssa Thomas suspended for hitting Caitlin Clark in the throat

The foul occurred in the second quarter of Phoenix’s 111-109 win over the Indiana Fever.

Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas has been suspended one game for a flagrant foul she committed on the Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark, the league announced Thursday.

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In the second quarter of the Mercury’s 111-109 win over the Fever on Wednesday, Thomas drove her hand into Clark’s neck during a scramble for a loose ball. She was not called for a foul.

The league assessed Thomas a Flagrant Foul 2 penalty Thursday and handed her the single-game suspension for “recklessly making contact with her fist to the throat area” of Clark, who went out of the game in the second half because of a back injury.