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Indiana Fever -vagt Sophie Cunningham started last Wednesday with just over 300,000 Tiktok supporters who came out of a heated game against Connecticut Sun, who saw her being thrown out when she jumped out of some return before the summer sounded.
The moment she threw with Sun Guard Jacy Sheldon, who had stabbed Caitlin Clark in her eye earlier in the game, she became an immediate feeling. Cunningham had previously become viral to her outfit choices while she was with Phoenix Mercury. Even she can admit, though, that she never saw her popularity hovering as it did in the last six days.
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Indiana Fever Guard Sophie Cunningham, #8, during the first half of a WNBA basketball match against Las Vegas Acer at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on June 22, 2025. (Lucas Peltier-Preferred Pictures)
On Saturday, Cunningham surpassed more than 1 million followers at Tiktok and thanked her newfound fans for their appreciation.
“Should buy a beer or 2! Cheeeeer’s friends,” she wrote a video.
From Tuesday morning, Cunningham had 1.4 million Tiktok supporters.
Cunningham got a huge benefit to his apparent defense of Clark, which was not only stabbed in the face, but pushed on the floor of the team’s victory over the sun.
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Indiana Fever Guard Sophie Cunningham, #8, in the second half against Connecticut Sun at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on June 17, 2025. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Published Pictures)
She was fined for her actions after the bad at Sheldon and for the draft, but she was firm in her defense of Clark.
“During this, it was just part of the game. I think the judges had a lot to do with it. It was a structure for a few years now of those who just didn’t protect the star player in WNBA,” Cunningham told journalists days after the team lost against Golden State Valkyries. “At the end of the day I will protect my teammates. That’s what I do.”
At the forefront of Sunday’s match against Las Vegas Acer, Cunningham showed her ties with Clark and colleague teammate Lexie Hull. She wore a shirt that read “Tres Leches.”
Sophie Cunningham, No. 8 by Indiana Fever, arrives at the arena before the game against Las Vegas Acer on June 22, 2025 in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. (Jeff Bottari/NBAE via Getty Images)
Cunningham and the fever have hit a losing spell the last two matches, but has an opportunity to get back on the right track Tuesday night against Seattle Storm.
