Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham emerged as a hero among WNBA fans by standing up for Caitlin Clark in taking down Connecticut Sun star Jacy Sheldon during a game earlier this week after Clark had been repeatedly fouled.

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham is the WNBA's second-most popular player behind Caitlin Clark. She is being adorned by the millions because many fans felt she came to the defense of Clark earlier this week in a game against the Connecticut Sun.

And, even two days after the incident, Cunningham continues to go viral and rack up attention on social media. In fact, it was pointed out that the total followers on her TikTok account went up by more than 150%, and that her Instagram tops 621,000 followers now.