Fever's Sophie Cunningham Receives Praise For Having Caitlin Clark's Back In Wild Game Vs Sun

Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham received praise connected societal media Tuesday nighttime arsenic she appeared to take sides Caitlin Clark pinch a difficult foul connected Connecticut Sun defender Jacy Sheldon.

Cunningham and Sheldon’s heated speech turned into a shoving lucifer earlier players from some teams came complete to break it up. Cunningham, Sheldon and Sun defender Lindsay Allen were ejected from nan crippled pinch astir 40 seconds near earlier nan Fever took location nan victory.

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Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham, #8, and Connecticut Sun defender Jacy Sheldon, #4, get into a conflict successful nan 2nd half astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis connected June 17, 2025. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)

The difficult foul came aft Sheldon poked Clark successful nan eye successful nan 3rd quarter. Sun defender Marina Mabrey past shoved Clark to nan crushed successful what was a chippy affair.

As nan Fever put distant nan Sun 88-71, Cunningham was congratulated for stepping up arsenic nan team’s enforcer.

Fever caput coach Stephanie White was upset pinch really nan referees officiated nan crippled and astir nan inability to return control.

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Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham, #8, successful nan 2nd half against nan Connecticut Sun astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis connected June 17, 2025. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)

"I deliberation it was beautiful evident that worldly was brewing," White said, via Indy Star. "When officials don’t get power of nan shot game, erstwhile they let that worldly to hap … it’s been happening each play long, each play long. It’s not conscionable this game.

"This is what happens. You’ve sewage competitory women who are nan champion successful nan world astatine what they do and erstwhile you let them to play physical, and you let these things to happen, they’re gonna compete, and they’re gonna person their teammates’ backs. It’s precisely what you would expect retired of fierce competition.

Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham, #8, and Connecticut Sun defender Jacy Sheldon, #4, scuffle successful nan 2nd half of a WNBA hoops crippled successful Indianapolis connected Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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"I started talking to officials successful nan first quarter, and we knew this was gonna happen. You knew this was gonna happen. They gotta get power of it. They gotta beryllium better. They gotta beryllium better."

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