The 29-year-old basketball player, who is a member of the Connecticut Sun and plays for the Lunar Owls in the Unrivaled division, was given a technical foul<\/a> after shoving Clark, 24, during a June 17, 2025 face-off between the Sun and the Indiana Fever.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Looking back during a Friday, Feb. 13, appearance on the Bird’s Eye View<\/a> podcast, Mabrey admitted that she has developed a bit of a reputation for crashing out during games. However, she made it clear that she knows when she’s pushing the limit with her passionate reactions.<\/p>\n Dylan Buell\/Getty<\/p>\n \u201cI know when I went too far with things. It\u2019s like shameful. It\u2019s like, \u2018Really, Marina? That was ridiculous,’ ” Mabrey admitted, specifically referencing her run-in with Clark. \u201cThat was obvious that my emotions of us losing and losing and losing, and then she\u2019s low-key punking our team on top of it… That was too far. That was too much.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Mabrey said that finding a balance in terms of handling her so-called crash outs is key, explaining that there are moments when they can help her fellow teammates feel reinvigorated.<\/p>\n \u201cOn the flip side, when we were in Indiana, everyone is booing us, it feels like s—. We end up losing by 25, and it\u2019s like, \u2018Marina, that\u2019s your fault, buddy. You can\u2019t do that,’ ” she admitted, saying her goal is “finding the balance where it teeters toward the positive end for me and my team and keeping that there, and knowing when it\u2019s going past that and stopping that before it goes past that.\u201d<\/p>\n She added, “Everybody’s had that one teammate that just goes crazy, and you’re just looking at them like, ‘Can you please get over yourself?’ And I need to stay away from that side and go toward the side where you’re amped up.”<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The basketball star has come up with a way to hold herself accountable, creating a “crash out jar,” which operates like a swear jar. Funds from it will be donated to a charity, she explained on the podcast, saying that it helps “hold [her] accountable.”<\/p>\n “A lot of people have a lot to say about when I crash out. They’re really upset about it. So, whether I think it’s fair or not, like whatever. I want to hold myself accountable because it’s not really who I am. It’s just that on the courts sometimes I’m so competitive that I just like… The wires just… I don’t know. The wires go a little nuts sometimes.”<\/p>\n Mabrey’s crash out with Clark happened in the third quarter of the game after the Fever player was poked in the eye by Jacy Sheldon, a guard for the Sun.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Joe Buglewicz\/Getty<\/p>\n Clark and Sheldon shoved each other, and Mabrey came up on her opponent from behind and bumped her hard enough that she fell to the ground. Clark was also given a technical foul, and Sheldon received a flagrant 1 penalty.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n![\"Caitlin](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8c0abefd4c7a56d31b496dfff9ef8939.jpeg\"\/)
Caitlin Clark falls to the ground during a June 2025 match-up between the Indiana Fever and the Connecticut Sun <\/p>\n![\"Marina](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/53f3d399bdc01ea072bd758c893110d5.jpeg\"\/)
Marina Mabrey and Caitlin Clark, from left during a September 2024 game <\/p>\n