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The Indiana Fever have dealt with injury concerns throughout the season, and they were dealt another blow Tuesday.
After spending her first six WNBA seasons with the Mercury, Cunningham was traded to the Fever over the offseason. Through her 30 games played with Indiana, the former Missouri Tigers guard averaged 8.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.0 steals per game, asserting herself as the team’s enforcer.
The injury-riddled Indiana Fever say guard Sophie Cunningham will miss the rest of this season with a knee injury.
The WNBA set a new regular-season attendance record on Friday, reaching the 2.43 million mark, per Colin Salao of Front Office Sports. The previous record was 2,364,736 fans back in 2002.
On Tuesday, Front Office Sports’ Colin Salao reported that the WNBA has set an all-time regular season attendance record, bringing in roughly 2.43 million fans this year (through Sunday’s games). This passes the previous mark of 2,364,736 fans set back in 2002.
Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham suffered a knee injury while playing defense during the team's August 17 game against the Connecticut Sun. Veteran player B
Sophie Cunningham's season-ending knee injury left a void for an experienced ballhandler and the Fever signed veteran Shey Peddy to fill that hole.
Sophie Cunningham was recently fined for making fun of WNBA referees, and her sister is slamming the league after her recent injury.
Indiana Fever players Kelsey Mitchell and Brianna Turner will headline an abortion rights fundraising event “Playing With Our Lives” on Aug. 21 in Carmel.