Fever G Sophie Cunningham (knee) exits vs. Sun with injury

Field Level Media
18 Aug 2025, 00:49 GMT+10

(Photo credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images)

The already-shorthanded Indiana Fever were dealt another injury blow in the second quarter of their Sunday game against the Connecticut Sun when guard Sophie Cunningham was helped off the floor with an apparent knee injury.

Cunningham went down under the Connecticut basket, grabbing her right knee after Bria Hartley ran into her while making a pass.

Trainers and teammates quickly rushed to tend to her and she was later declared out of the rest of the game.

Indiana (18-16), which has lost four of its previous five games, was playing without star guard Caitlin Clark (right groin) for the 13th straight game. The Fever also lost guards Aari McDonald (foot) and Sydney Colson (knee) earlier this month with season-ending injuries.

Cunningham, who gained national attention earlier this season when she came to Clark's defense during an in-game altercation, was 0-for-3 from the field with a rebound and a turnover in 10 minutes prior to her injury.

She was averaging 8.9 points and 3.6 rebounds per game while shooting a team-high 44.3 percent from three-point range entering Sunday's game.

--Field Level Media

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