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Indiana fever Guard Sophie Cunningham told her mother to eliminate a publication on social networks that criticized Connecticut Sun guard, Bria Hartley, as a “unhappy player” after Cunningham suffered a knee injury that ended the season during Sunday’s game.
The fever announced on Tuesday that Cunningham would miss the rest of the season after suffering a right knee injury when Hartley fell into his leg in the second quarter of Indiana 99-93 extra victory. The sun.
The Indiana fever guard, Sophie Cunningham (8), is injured in a play against Connecticut Sun’s guard, Bria Hartley (14) in the first half in the Mohegan Sun Arena on August 17, 2025. (David Butler II/ Imagn images)
Cunningham’s mother, Paula, turned to social networks after the injury to call Hartley in a position from the eliminated in X.
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“Hartley is a discontent player who has problems wherever he goes; it’s simple and plays out of control.”
But Cunningham revealed in his podcast, “Show me something” That she told her mother to eliminate the publication, adding that she and Hartley are good friends.
“There was no bad intention. I think it was a basketball play. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time; she fell,” Cunningham said. “There is no way for her to enter there and intentionally I would try to hurt me. I have nothing more than love for Bria, and I even told my mother, because she tweeted something, I thought: ‘No, mom! I understand it, but I promise you that Bria and I are very great and she would never try to hurt myself.”
Connecticut Sun’s guard Bria Hartley (14), dribble the ball during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against Las Vegas Aces in Michelob Ultra Arena on August 10, 2025. (Images of Lucas Peltier/ Imagn)
The Sophie Cunningham fever star will miss the rest of the 2025 WNBA season with right knee injury
Cunningham continued: “There are some girls who I think they could, but she wouldn’t do that. I have nothing more than love, and I hope people stop giving Bria some heat because I don’t think I wanted to do that at all.”
Cunningham also confirmed in his podcast that he suffered a tear of MCL and underwent surgery in the next few days.
“I broke my mcl, and if you are going to hurt your knee, that is the best possible case.”
Indiana Sophie Cunningham (8) on the wounded court while facing Connecticut’s sun in the first half in Mohegan Sun Arena. (David Butler II/Imagn images)
The fever has been full of injuries this season, losing the star guard Caitlin Clark For most of the regular season. The Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald guards were also marginalized earlier this month with a torn acl and a broken foot bone, respectively.
“This year, just as a whole, I think the league in general, but we really just went through so much adversity and injuries that has simply gone, as if you couldn’t do this,” said Cunningham.
