Clark and the Fever are trying to prove that they belong in the upper tier of WNBA teams. The Sky are attempting to make a push for the postseason this year, so both franchises have plenty to show the league and its fans on opening night.

The organization named Reese to the 2025 Gala Host Committee in February alongside a slate of Black leaders in the arts, fashion, sports, music and film industries. Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is an honorary chair of the committee, which is led by Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour.

The former LSU forward infamously mocked Clark with the "you can't see me" gesture in the closing moments of that game. Clark's Hawkeyes then defeated Reese's Tigers in the 2024 Regional Final, adding another chapter to this budding rivalry that has only grown in popularity.

Out of halftime, Van Lith scored five, Ariel Atkins added four, and Rebecca Allen chipped in three to keep the Sky close, despite a 13-point explosion from Collier for the Lynx. Chicago trailed by just three heading into the fourth.

Before the Chicago Sky took Hailey Van Lith with the No. 11 pick in the WNBA draft, Angel Reese had been advocating for the Sky to pick her former LSU teammate.

Let’s run it backkkkk.” Angel Reese wrote on X after the Chicago Sky roped in her LSU teammate Hailey Van Lith at No. The post Angel Reese’s Homecoming Fails to Rescue Chicago Sky From National Reporter’s Alarming Truth Bomb appeared first on EssentiallySports.