The Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark rivalry has been since the beginning of their collegiate careers, not at LSU and Iowa, but at Maryland and Iowa. Reese started her career at Maryland before joining the Tigers.

The college rivalry between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese carried into the WNBA when both the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky draftees enjoyed productive rookie years. The drama between the two bubbled to the surface again this season when Clark was called for a flagrant foul on Reese,

However, two-time WNBA MVP Candace Parker doesn't believe that it's fair to compare Clark and Reese. In an interview with Jemele Hill, Parker stated that doing so is like comparing "apples and oranges,