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Sophie Cunningham Exits Fever Game With Scary Looking Injury

The Fever guard looked like she was in a lot of pain.

Kristen Wong

Fever guard Sophie Cunningham appeared to suffer a painful injury in Sunday's game against the Connecticut Sun.
Fever guard Sophie Cunningham appeared to suffer a painful injury in Sunday's game against the Connecticut Sun. / Screengrab on Twitter/ @clrkszn
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The Indiana Fever's injury woes worsened Sunday afternoon when guard Sophie Cunningham went down on the court in a lot of pain after a Sun player fell onto her.

Early in the second quarter, Cunningham was defending in the paint against Sun's Bria Hartley, who turned the ball over to Lexie Hull. Hartley then lost her footing and awkwardly tumbled into Cunningham, who didn't see her coming.

Cunningham immediately grabbed her right knee and went down in pain. Cameras caught her devastated reaction before her Fever teammates and coaches surrounded her on the court.

Here's the play where she got injured:

Cunningham was then helped by trainers to the locker room with a towel over her head.

The Fever confirmed it’s a right knee injury for Cunningham and she has been ruled out for the remainder of the game, per the Indy Star’s Brian Haenchen.

Hopefully, the injury isn't as bad as it looked and she's able to recover soon.

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Kristen Wong
KRISTEN WONG

Kristen Wong is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. She has been a sports journalist since 2020. Before joining SI in November 2023, Wong covered four NFL teams as an associate editor with the FanSided NFL Network and worked as a staff writer for the brand’s flagship site. Outside of work, she has dreams of running her own sporty dive bar.

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