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CHICAGO (AP) — Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham called it just another game. Chicago Sky coach Tyler Marsh felt the same way.
Indiana played Chicago on Sunday night for the first time since Cunningham was taken down by DiJonai Carrington on a hard foul on a fast break earlier this month. Carrington was listed as questionable with a left foot injury, but she was cleared after going through warmups.
The Fever were closing out a five-game trip with their third game in four nights. They had dropped two in a row.
“My mindset has never changed. I think it is what it is,” Cunningham said. “I’m locked in on tonight. … I think we’re just out here trying to get the win.”
Cunningham and Carrington both checked in for the first time with 3:04 left in the first quarter. There were no major issues in the first half. Cunningham had three points in six minutes at the break, and Carrington had four points on 2-for-7 shooting in more than 11 minutes.
Marsh said he didn’t have any conversations with his players before the game about the charged atmosphere for their previous matchup.
“That kind of was what it was last game and anything that came out of it kind of lasted for that time,” Marsh said. “But for us, again, it was on to the next one in front of us.”
Cunningham was going up for a layup in the first quarter of Indiana’s 90-86 ...
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