Shaq revealed that he called Angel Reese to praise her for avoiding the LSU-South Carolina melee

In the aftermath of the LSU-South Carolina scuffle on Sunday, Shaquille O’Neal revealed that he thinks Angel Reese did the right thing by avoiding the action on the court.

There’s been a lot of chatter about the dust-up between South Carolina and LSU. As the story continues to unfold, Angel Reese took to social media on Sunday to clarify that she was not involved in the fourth-quarter scuffle with South Carolina because she was already injured on the previous play and that a person of her status has to think about being involved when things like that happen.

While promoting his “How to March Madness” campaign and “Tips from the Tool Shaq” content series with Home Depot, O’Neal — who’s also Reese’s mentor — recently told For The Win, that he spoke to Reese after the game, telling her she did the right thing by not being involved.

Watch Angel Reese when the LSU vs. South Carolina melee occurs.

She said, I ain’t got time!!! pic.twitter.com/UQCdxubvLy

— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) March 10, 2024

Here’s what Shaq shared with us about his conversation with Reese:

I see she’s taking a lot of flack. ‘Oh, she should have been there.’ This is not fighting. The only thing you have to fight for is to fight for your team. The game was played closely. Things like that — you don’t want them to happen. When they do happen, you just move on.

I called her and I said, ‘You did the right thing. Trust me, you did the right thing, because if would have went out there, they would have been looking for you. You and [Kamilla] Cardoso get into a shoving match. She’s already ejected. Can’t play in the next round. That would have happened to you. It would have been all your fault.’ So, she did the right thing. Kudos to her.