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By Matthew Couden
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Days after her ejection for a Flagrant 2 foul on the Indiana Fever's Sophie Cunningham, the Chicago Sky's Dijonai Carrington drew strong criticism over her actions in another WNBA game.
On Thursday, the Chicago Sky visited the Golden State Valkyries, who are currently among the top three teams in the WNBA standings. Several of Carrington's plays from the game drew attention from fans online.
Two clips on the social media account Brickcenter showed, with one X post labeling Carrington as a "dirty" player for hitting a driving Valkyries player in the face.
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Another X post suggested that she used her "signature move" and attempted to gouge the eye of an opponent she was guarding during the game.
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Many commenters reacted to the X posts, calling out Carrington for these actions in the game, just days after she'd been ejected for her hard foul on Cunningham's layup.
"LOL! She spreads her arms, not caring where they land—scratching faces and poking eyes. I see what she's doing. Maybe she doesn't belong in basketball," one commenter wrote.
Another said, "That should have been 2 flagrant fouls and an ejection for DiJonai Carrington."
"It’s just not a true game for Dijonai unless she attack a few faces here or there, what the hell. She needs a technical for every face she hits, bet she’ll stop!" a commenter wrote.
Others said, "she is the Draymond Green of the WNBA" and "If the league doesn’t step in here the players will start to police themselves and then you have chaos."
During the game, Carrington also drew a technical foul after complaining to the referees about a lack of a foul call on a layup. She finished with three personal fouls.
After a career night several days ago, she was held to just three points on 1-for-9 shooting in what ended up as a 20-point blowout loss to the Valkyries.
That dropped Chicago to just 12-22 on the season, which has been another struggle. The team failed to reach the postseason in their previous two seasons after drafting Angel Reese. Despite trading Reese and making roster moves, they appear on the verge of again watching the postseason from home.
Carrington and the Sky try to bounce back with their next game on Sunday, Aug. 16, when they visit the Seattle Storm.
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