Cunningham grabbed a lot of headlines after being ejected for a hard foul on the Connecticut Sun's Jacy Sheldon late in a June game. Sheldon had been guarding Clark closely earlier in the game and there were some tense moments between the two. Cunningham distributed what she deemed her own brand of justice.

Sophie Cunningham's popularity has grown in leaps and bounds during this WNBA season, her first with the Indiana Fever. Part of her sudden notoriety came in a sequence of games where Cunningham showed her physicality in response to opposition roughness with superstar Caitlin Clark.

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham has been on a tear from distance. After a slow start, she's climbing up the WNBA leaderboards.