The Indiana Fever announced on Wednesday that Sophie Cunningham would miss the rest of the season after suffering an MCL tear in her right knee. Cunningham sustained the injury during the Fever’s 99-83 win over Connecticut on Sunday. She collided with Bria Hartley under the basket and had to be helped off the floor by medical staff.Cunningham, who turned 29 last week, went under the knife and updated her fans on her condition. The guard shared a selfie in a hospital gown on Friday. Determined to see the positive side of things, she wrote in the caption:“See ya on the other side :).”Sophie Cunningham shares hospital selfie following major surgeryThe injury comes as a major blow, as Cunningham was making a strong case for Sixth Player of the Year, averaging 8.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game.The Fever have been plagued by injuries all season, with Cunningham becoming the third player to suffer a season-ending setback before the playoffs next month, joining Aari McDonald (broken foot) and Sydney Colson (torn ACL).Sophie Cunningham clears Bria Hartley of any blame for brutal injury, brushes off the incident as ‘basketball play’Sophie Cunningham came to the defense of Bria Hartley, who caused her season-ending injury, staunchly denouncing the online backlash the Connecticut Sun guard has received this week. Cunningham said Hartley had done nothing wrong.“There was no ill intent, I think it was a basketball play,” she said on her "Show Me Something" podcast with reality TV star West Wilson. “I was just in the wrong spot at the wrong time and she fell. There’s no way that she would go in there and potentially try to hurt me. I have nothing but love for Bria … and so I hope people stop giving Bria some heat because I don’t think she meant to do that at all.”Cunningham revealed she told her mother and sister to delete their tweets criticizing the WNBA and the player who injured her.