WATCH: Caitlin Clark Gets Whacked On The Head On Cheap Shot Foul From Angel Reese

The heated rivalry between WNBA rookies Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark escalated on Sunday when Reese was slapped with a flagrant foul.

Towards the end of the third quarter, Caitlin Clark was whacked on the head by Reese as she drove to the basket. Officials reviewed the play and assessed Reese with a Flagrant One.

Reese and Clark have become fierce rivals since last year’s NCCAW title clash between Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes and Reese’s LSU Tigers. After LSU pulled out a tight victory, Reese walked over to Clark and taunted her for several seconds.

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Clark and Iowa ultimately got their revenge earlier this year, when they knocked LSU out of the tournament to reach the Final Four.

Earlier this month, Reese stood up and cheered when her teammate, Chennedy Carter, knocked Clark to the ground with a blatant off-ball foul. Despite the fact that Carter could be seen calling Clark a “b**ch” before delivering a hip-check, the play was ruled a common foul on the court.

League officials later upgraded it to a flagrant foul upon review after the game.

Clark — who has drawn record number of viewers to both women’s college basketball and the WNBA — has been on the receiving end of racially motivated attacks and criticism since becoming the first overall pick in the league.

Former ESPN host Jemele Hill suggested that Clark is only popular because she is white, an opinion that was echoed by “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin.

“Caitlin Clark is bringing this money, these sponsorships, we hope, into the league and other players will benefit from it. But I do think that she is more relatable to more people because she’s white, because she’s attractive,” Hostin said.

“And unfortunately, there still is that stigma against the LGBTQ+ community. 70 percent of the WNBA is black. A third of the players are in the LGBTQ+ community,” she continued. “And we have to do something about that stigma in this country. I think that people have a problem with basketball playing women that are lesbian.”

In March, Clark became the all-time leading scorer in the NCAA’s Division 1 — male or female — passing Hall of Famer “Pistol” Pete Maravich.

She has continued to draw record viewing numbers with the WNBA, as last month’s contest between Clark’s Indiana Fever and the New York Liberty drew 1.96 million viewers, a new record for ABC and ESPN.