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Fever’s injury woes continue as Sydney Colson, Sophie Cunningham leave game before loss to then-winless Sun

the Indiana fever The problems of the injury continued on Friday when Sydney Colleson and Sophie Kningham Both left their loss 85-83 to Sunnettet Shams – Those who entered the game as one team that is not in the league- with injuries.

Kulson, who was inserted into the starting assortment instead of Ketlin ClarkShe left a leg injury in the first quarter and was excluded shortly after the first half. Keningham, who occupied Kulson’s place with novice to start the second half, rolled her ankle in the fourth quarter and did not return.

It is too early to know how much time, if any, will miss any player. Fever coach Stephanie White did not update after the match.

With a slightly less than 90 seconds staying in the first quarter, Kulson was driving her car to the right and lost control of the ball. Sunflower Jesse Sheldon A pigeon on the floor to try to have possession, Wolf Kulson’s leg in this process. When the sun took off in the other direction, Kulson stayed down.

After the sun recorded, the fever took a deadline to stop playing, and Kulson attended the team’s medical staff. Kulson briefly tried to stay on the bench, but then returned to the cabinet room. While she was walking under her authority, she was moving with caution.

White described Kulson’s injury as a “bowel punch”, and said it made the team “re -formation” of what they were doing at the end of the offensive.

“He affected us in the second quarter, undoubtedly,” White continued. “The primary BallHandler is not another … it’s a kind of punching in the gut for a short time. But the reality is that these things happen. We have seen it again and again in our turn. We cannot take two and a half to know that.”

Kulson, who first appeared in WNBA in 2011, fell with a fever in the Free Winter Free Agency. She was brought first in her experience, and she received only minutes in the first four matches of the team.

When Clark fell due to a quad injury, Kulson was inserted into the starting assortment of fever. As the only real point guard in the list, it was the natural option.

“[Colson] White said earlier this week, she is in every gathering, whether on the ground or not. You see things from the position of the point guard. And our introduction in the attack. It will look different without the ball in Ketlin’s hand. What is our appearance, who can we get our appearance? Then the ability to connect this to everyone in direct work. This is the piece that we are still growing. We cannot call a deadline every time to get a match or recognize a key, so that you can help us on the ground. ”

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White also said that Keningham will get a chance to operate the attack in the payment of Clark, but she did not get a lot of opportunity on Friday.

In the middle of the fourth quarter, Kningham put a screen outside the ball Kelissi MitchellThe Shieldon exploded by running directly through the Canningham Fund. When Keningham tried to restore her balance, wrapped her right ankle – the same thing she suffered during the pre -assuming period, which led to her out of the first two games of the ordinary season – and collapsed on the ground with dangerous pain.

Caningham remained on the ground for a while when the medical staff assessed the situation. She was finally brought to her feet and had to help her in the Treasury room. Caningham no longer return to the game.

The fever is now 0-2 without Clark in the squad and decreased to 2-4 in the season. The first two -week schedule of Clark has come out at least other players, and the closest that could be June 10 against Atlanta dream. If Kulson and Keningham are marginalized until then, things may become ugly for fever.

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