Those fears were confirmed on Tuesday with the team announcing guard Sophie Cunningham is out for the season with a right knee injury suffered in the second quarter of the Fever's stirring 99-93 overtime win against the Connecticut Sun.

Fever guard Sophie Cunningham will miss the remainder of the 2025 season after suffering a right knee injury in Sunday’s overtime win over the Sun, the team announced Wednesday.

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.