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During a weekend tilt between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky, guard DiJonai Carrington found herself getting ejected from the contest after picking up a Flagrant 2 with a hard foul to the face of Fever guard Sophie Cunningham.
Immediately after the game, Fever coach Stephanie White opted to defend Carrington's character, suggesting she didn't intend to injure Cunningham.
"Look, it was a hard foul," White said. "It did happen, and I thought it was the right call. One of the things about [Carrington] is that she's going to play her butt off, man. She's going to compete. Nobody's going to go walking in for a layup. I don't oppose the hard foul, but I also don't think that she intentionally went for the neck."
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Cunningham, meanwhile, didn't take kindly to the contact.
"Clearly, I think it was like unnecessary," Cunningham said after the game. "I've never really spoken to her and have no beef with her, but I guess she has some pent-up stuff. So, get your [expletive] off. That's fine. I can take it."
Not long after being ejected from the contest, Carrington posted "WHITE PRIVILEGE" while tagging the Indiana Fever in a post on Threads, but Cunningham didn't take the bait.
"I think the league is taking care of that," Cunningham said. "This has nothing to do with race. Last year, I did the same thing and I got kicked out. And I deserved to be kicked out. There's no reason even to play that card."
Indiana is set to face off against the New York Liberty on Tuesday night.
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