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Sophie Cunningham

SG · 6′1″ · Current team: Indiana Fever

Regular season · Aug 20, 2026 · IND 85 @ DAL 91 · Final

Sophie Cunningham 0 points on 0-of-4 in 15 minutes vs Wings (Aug 20, 2026)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 0-of-4 3P · 15:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.8 PTS · 5.5 FGA · 23.3 MIN, from 35 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 36 games this season: -3.2 against a usual 6.7 (-9.9)

Season-low 0 points (previous low 2, reached in 6 earlier games)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
below usual

No more than 2 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far below their usual.

For a player who plays every game, a game this far below the usual comes about once a season or less.

How the score works

Why did Sophie Cunningham score 0 points?

Sophie Cunningham scored 0 points against the Wings on Aug 20, 2026 in 15:06: 0-of-4 from the field, 0-of-4 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Cunningham had averaged 8.8 points on 5.5 shots in 23.3 minutes, from 35 regular-season games. The 0 points were a season low, below the previous 2. This game had the lowest Game Score of 36 games this season. From threes, 0 points against a usual 5.1; from two-pointers, 0 points against a usual 1.9; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 1.8. Cunningham played 15:06 against a usual 23.3 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -7.6, against a usual 10.4. The Fever lost 91-85 at the Wings. The box score records what changed, not why: it holds no injury, matchup or coaching information.

Generated from the box score and this season's game log. How the score works

01

What changed

Cunningham in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (35 games)Change
Minutes15:0623.3-8.2
Points08.8-8.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-45.5 · 48.4%-1.5
3PA · 3P%0-of-43.7 · 45.8%+0.3
FTA · FT%0-of-02.0 · 88.6%-2.0
Rebounds02.4-2.4
Assists01.2-1.2
Turnovers00.7-0.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 35 games12.613.3-0.7
Game Score per 36 minutes-7.610.4-18.0
02

Points by shot type

Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change

Points by shot type against the usual line
Shot typeThis gameUsual (35 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-4)5.1 (1.7-of-3.7)-5.1
Twos0 (0-of-0)1.9 (0.9-of-1.8)-1.9
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.8 (1.8-of-2.0)-1.8
Total08.8-8.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-3.2 against a usual 6.7 (-9.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-8.7
Rebounds-0.8
Assists-0.9
Steals and blocks-0.6
Turnovers and fouls+1.1
Total-9.9
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 36 games, oldest first, this game last: 4.5, 11.9, 4.8, 11.5, -0.2, 5.3, 7.1, 14.8, 5.6, 1.5, 5.9, 7.9, 22.3, 10.3, 6.7, 0.3, -0.5, 6.7, 5.2, 0.2, 6.5, 16.4, 8.5, 0.2, 11.3, 3.4, 9.5, 13.7, 3.3, 1.5, 3.6, 10.2, 1.4, 2.7, 12.2, -3.2

Lowest Game Score of 36 games this season.

Previous lowest: -0.5, set on Jun 24, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Fever lost 91-85 at the Wings.
  • Previous appearance: Aug 18, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Wings this season: 3 points (May 9, 2026), 5 points (Aug 14, 2026).
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What this page cannot tell you

The same on every performance page

Limits

Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.

METHOD

Game Score against the player's own usual line. How rare a gap is comes from WNBA regular-season games of 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, checked on 2026.