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Message: [QUOTE="PAC-12HoopFan, post: 2933284, member: 8997"] Arike's antics during the first half of the championship game were actually worse than has been inaccurately reported in the media accounts of what transpired near the end of the first half. Arike was fouled on a drive to the basket by OSU's Janessa Thropay as both players fell to the floor. It was actually Arike who kicked at the head of Thropay rather than the other way around as was incorrectly reported in the AP release. Thropay's head was facing away from Arike and appeared to move as Arike extended her foot into Thropay's head. The video review by the refs following the foul that was called on Thropay also looked at the prior Arike elbow that had knocked Thropay to the floor at the opposite end of the court on the previous OSU possession. During the review timeout, Arike attempted to view the screen that the refs were viewing and was asked to return to her team's huddle. It was apparent that Arike was worried that the video review would result in a Flagrant 1 or 2 call. She was lucky that her kick to Thropay's head was ruled as "incidental." It certainly appeared from my vantage point that it was intentional as well as the elbow that she had connected with on the other end of the court. The refs had to call the Arike elbow on the prior possession an "unsportsmanlike" act and rightfully did so. If Arike wasn't the star that she has become, the refs would have been more likely to eject her for one or both of those incidents. Arike will mess up again at some point this season with her behavior and the refs will give her less benefit of the doubt at that time. The word has been out on her for a while now. [/QUOTE]

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