The Indiana Fever fell to 0-2 without injured star Caitlin Clark on Friday night and watched two of their other guards get hurt.
Clark’s backup, veteran Sydney Colson, and Sophie Cunningham both left because of injuries in the Fever’s 85-83 loss to the Connecticut Sun, who won their first game after an 0-5 start.
Colson suffered a left leg injury in the first quarter at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Then, in the fourth quarter, Cunningham, who had taken over much of the point guard duties, appeared to aggravate a right ankle injury that kept her out of Indiana’s first two games of the season.
Neither player returned against the Sun, and Fever coach Stephanie White didn’t have an update on their statuses after the game.
“It was kind of like a gut punch,” White said. “It affected us in the second quarter, no doubt, not having another primary ball handler, and we [have to] take Sophie out of what she does naturally really well when she has to become a ball handler.
“But the reality is, this stuff happens. We’ve seen it…
