Angel Reese claps back at critics while celebrating LSU graduation: ‘What was said?’

Angel Reese didn’t forget.

The Chicago Sky star, who recently wrapped up her career at LSU and was picked No. 7 in the WNBA draft in April, sent a pointed message to those who questioned her during her time at LSU.

“So now what? what was said? oh okay that’s what i thought,” Reese captioned a series of photos she posted on Instagram and X of her in a graduation cap. “I graduated from THE LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY IN 4 YEARS ON TIME. i thought somebody without a college degree said sum.”

The clap back could be a call back to a social media flap that involved Reese’s mom this past season.

When Reese was shockingly benched early in LSU’s season in November, which head coach Kim Mulkey explained as a “coach’s decision,” Reese’s mother, Angel Reese Webb, began a back-and-forth with teammate Flau’jae Johnson’s mother, Kia Brooks, on Instagram.

“Folks pls do not send me long text msgs with a bunch of grammatical errors it gives me a headache,” Webb wrote in an Instagram story.

Brooks then fired back, seemingly about the younger Reese’s academics.

“You definitely know about grammar errors when your daughter got a 2.0 or less GPA,” Brooks wrote in an Instagram story. “And in fact when writing your smart message you didn’t capitalize nor did you use any periods.

“Stop being petty, fake and hateful. And take responsibility for you and your daughters actions. Your just as responsible you raised her that way. Nobody give a damn who you think you are since you came up off another’s brand.

“Just like God gave it to you he will take right away. Always stay humble and never forget who made you and where you came from!!”

But after LSU was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament by Iowa in the Elite Eight, Johnson staunchly came to Reese’s defense.

“Everybody can have their opinion on Angel Reese, but y’all don’t know her,” Johnson said. “Y’all don’t know Angel Reese. I know Angel Reese. I know the real Angel Reese and the person I see every day is a strong person, is a caring, loving person.”

Regardless, Reese is now a college graduate and ready for WNBA stardom.