Perhaps WNBA fans didn\u2019t have a shoe-throwing incident on their bingo cards during Sunday\u2019s game between the New York Liberty and Toronto Tempo. But it did happen in the fourth quarter of the contest at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With just under two minutes left in regulation, New York guard Betnijah Laney-Hamilton got thrown out after she hit Toronto star Marina Mabrey with a shoe.<\/p>\n
The shoe that Laney-Hamilton threw was not hers either. It was teammate Jonquel Jones\u2019 right shoe, which got dislodged from her foot during a rebound. After a break in the game, the shoe hit Mabrey in the back as she was seemingly talking with Toronto head coach Sandy Brondello.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Here is a video of that moment and Laney-Hamilton\u2019s eventual ejection.<\/p>\n
Laney Hamilton ejected for throwing a shoe at Marina \ud83d\udc80 ? pic.twitter.com\/ojCgEqyTtO<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Shabazz \ud83d\udcab (@ShowCaseShabazz) July 12, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n Laney-Hamilton gave an explanation for her action after the game, saying that it was all unintentional on her part.<\/p>\n \u201cI would never intentionally try to hit someone with a shoe, especially while they\u2019re not looking,\u201d Laney-Hamilton said, via Madeline Kenney of The New York Post<\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cTeammate was without a [shoe], so I did my best to try and get it to her. Unfortunately, it did hit someone.\u201d<\/p>\n That might be a little difficult to believe for some, given that she and Mabrey had been going at it throughout the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n In an earlier play, Mabrey got hit in the face by Laney-Hamilton\u2019s arm while the two were battling for a loose ball.\u00a0<\/p>\n Marina Mabrey took an arm to the face from Liberty’s Betnijah Laney-Hamilton \ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n A flagrant 1 foul was assessed to Laney-Hamilton. #WNBA<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5OlweHHpn6<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 TSN (@TSN_Sports) July 12, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n In the third quarter, Mabrey and Laney-Hamilton were both assessed technical fouls after the former sent the latter to the floor in what appeared to be a retaliatory move by Mabrey.<\/p>\n IT’S GETTING CHIPPY IN MONTREAL \ud83c\udf7f\ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n Marina Mabrey put Betnijah Laney-Hamilton on the floor after the two had a scuffle earlier in the game. Both players received technical fouls. #WNBA<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/d4N341s4Px<\/a><\/p>\n