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Sophie Cunningham

WNBA CAREER
Has appeared in 53 career games, starting in 11 of those contests
Holds career averages of 3.8 points and 1.0 rebounds
Career 88.1 percent (52-for-59) free throw shooter, having missed only seven attempts in her first two seasons
Led all rookies in free-throw shooting percentage in 2019, shooting 88.2 percent (30-of-34)
Scored a career-high 19 points on June 28, 2019 against Indiana…finished a perfect three-for-three from three-point range
Scored a career-high 19 points on June 28, 2019 against Indiana
Grabbed a career-best six rebounds on July 5, 2019 against New York
Has dished a career-high three assists twice (most recent: August 28, 2020)
2020 SEASON
Appeared in 21 games, earning the start in 11 of them
Averaged a career-best 5.0 points and 1.0 rebounds
Missed just three free throws on the season, finishing 22-for-25 (88.0 percent) from the charity stripe
Scored a season-high 15 points on August 12 against Chicago, matching her career high for three-pointers in a game with three…scored 10+ points four times on the season
Grabbed a season-high five rebounds in the Mercury’s season finale on September 11 against Seattle after playing in a career-high 32 minutes
2019 SEASON
Appeared in 32 games, earning the start in five of them
Averaged 3.1 points and 1.4 rebounds
Led all rookies in free-throw shooting percentage, shooting 88.2 percent from the charity stripe (30-of-34)
Became just the second rookie in franchise history to shoot over 88 percent from the free-throw line during rookie season (min. 30 FT attempts), joining Bridget Pettis (1997)
Scored a career-high 19 points and matched her career-high in assists (three) in the Mercury’s game on June 28 against Indiana
Finished a perfect three-for-three from three-point range on June 28 against Indiana…registered the seventh ever game in franchise history of at least 19 points and a perfect 100-percent mark from three-point range (min. 3 attempts)…Jennifer GIllom, Penny Taylor, Tangela Smith, Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter (twice) are the only others to do so
Grabbed a career-high six rebounds in her first career start on July 5 against New York
COLLEGE CAREER
Finished her four-year career at Missouri as the program’s all-time leader in points (2,187) and free throws (537), second in three-point field goals (590) and fourth in points per game (17.0)
Led the program to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances after Missouri missed 10-straight appearances in the ‘Big Dance’
2019 All-America Third Team selection following senior season
Three-time All-SEC First Team selection during college career
AP All-America Honorable Mention in both her sophomore and junior seasons
Became first Missouri player since 1994 to earn SEC All-Tournament honors at the SEC Tournament
Only player in the nation to average 17.0 points, grab 200 rebounds and hit 80 three-pointers and 150 free throws during senior season
INTERNATIONAL
Played for the Melbourne Boomers in Australia’s WNBL during the 2019-2020 WNBA offseason&#8230;averaged 11.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game…shot 57 percent from the field (57-of-100), 33.7 percent from three-point range (29-of-86) and 89.6 percent from the free throw line (43-of-48)
PERSONAL
Born August 16, 1996 to Jim and Paula Cunningham
Favorite WNBA player growing up was Diana Taurasi
Sister, Lindsey, also played basketball at Missouri&#8230;mother (track and field), father (football), aunt (basketball), uncle (football) and grandfather (football) all played at Missouri
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