Sophie Cunningham discusses Bria Hartley after suffering season-ending injury

The Indiana Fever announced devastating news on Tuesday, revealing that two-way guard Sophie Cunningham has been ruled out for the remainder of the season with a torn MCL. The injury occurred during the Fever’s matchup against the Connecticut Sun over the weekend.

Cunningham went down while rotating over on help defense, as Sun guard Bria Hartley drove baseline and ultimately fell into Cunningham’s knee while trying to pass out of a double-team. Cunningham immediately hit the floor in visible pain.

While driving and kicking is a routine basketball play, some fans felt Hartley’s move came off as dirty and could have been avoided. Cunningham, however, addressed the situation on her podcast "Show Me Something," which dropped shortly after the season-ending injury news.

Sophie Cunningham opens up about injury

Sophie Cunningham revealed that she’s actually friends with Bria Hartley and doesn’t believe Hartley would ever try to hurt her intentionally. In fact, she admitted she even told her mom to delete a tweet that was directed at Hartley in the heat of the moment on Sunday.

"I know Bria, and I'm actually really good friends with Bria," Cunningham said. "I think it was just a basketball play. I was in the wrong spot at the wrong time, she fell — there’s no way she would intentionally try to hurt me. I have nothing but love for Bria. I even told my mom, because she tweeted something… Bria and I are super cool. She would never try to hurt me. There are some girls that might, but she would never do that."