Connecticut Sun lose to Indiana Fever in overtime 99-93
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The Indiana Fever beat the Connecticut Sun today after trailing by 21 points. Kelsey Mitchell has a career-high tying performance. Stats, highights.
Sophie Cunningham was helped off the court in the second quarter of Indiana’s game against the Connecticut Sun after Bria Hartley fell into her leg. Cunningham was in visible pain as she clutched her knee before she was helped off the court and to the locker room. The Fever quickly announced she would return to the game.
Several WNBA players had no idea which basket they were defending after the ball went up for Sunday's Sun-Fever.
Connecticut is looking to stop its 13-game road skid with a victory over Washington. Tuesday's meeting will be the third of the season between the two teams.
As if the Indiana Fever needed another injury to a star player, but they got one on Sunday when guard Sophie Cunningham went down with a brutal-looking knee injury. Her mom and sister took to social media after to blast the WNBA, its refs, and the player involved in the injury.
The Connecticut Sun are being sold to a Boston Celtics-led ownership group for a record $325 million, according to a Boston Globe report.
A record deal to an ownership group would seemingly be a coup for the WNBA — the last WNBA team to have a standalone majority sale was the Atlanta Dream in 2021 for less than $10 million — but the Sun relocating under Pagliuca’s watch appears to be facing some resistance.
Caitlin Clark has played 13 games this season. She was named a WNBA All-Star, earning the honor for the second time in her career with the Indiana Fever, but injuries have plagued her second season in the league. Clark has posted 16.5 points, 5 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game this season.