Sophie Cunningham (basketball)

Sophie Elizabeth Cunningham (born August 16, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), as well as an analyst for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and model.

College career
Cunningham played four seasons of college basketball at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri for the Tigers. She is known to be one of the greatest to ever wear the uniform.

Statistics
! style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16 ! style="text-align:left;"| Missouri ! style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17 ! style="text-align:left;"| Missouri ! style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18 ! style="text-align:left;"| Missouri ! style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19 ! style="text-align:left;"| Missouri ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career ! 129 !! 129 !! 32.5 !! .501 !! .403 !! .839 !! 5.4 !! 3.0 !! 1.0 !! 0.3 !! 2.9 !! 17.0
 * 32 || 32 || 30.1 || .502 || .356 || .831 || 5.8 || 3.0 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 2.4 || 14.0
 * 31 || 31 || 32.9 || .482 || .379 || .848 || 5.3 || 3.4 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 3.4 || 17.5
 * 31 || 31 || 32.7 || .542 || .457 || .836 || 4.7 || 3.0 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 3.0 || 18.5
 * 35 || 35 || 34.3 || .481 || .403 || .839 || 5.9 || 2.8 || 1.2 || 0.3 || 2.9 || 17.8

Phoenix Mercury (2019–)
Cunningham was selected as the thirteenth (13th) overall pick of the 2019 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury. Cunningham was the eighth (8th) University of Missouri alum to be drafted into the WNBA and was the highest selection for a former Tiger.

Analyst career
In December 2022, Cunningham became a recurring analyst for the Phoenix Suns on their Suns Live! pregame, halftime, and post-game TV coverage.

Regular season
! style="text-align:left;"| 2019 ! style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix ! style="text-align:left;"| 2020 ! style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix ! style="text-align:left;"| 2021 ! style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix ! style="text-align:left;"| 2022 ! style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix ! style="text-align:left;"| 2023 ! style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix ! style='text-align:left;'| Career ! style='text-align:left;'| 5 years, 1 team ! 142 !! 71 !! 21.4 !! .420 !! .356 !! .855 !! 2.4 !! 1.3 !! 0.6 !! 0.2 !! 0.9 !! 7.6
 * 32 || 5 || 12.2 || .354 || .304 || .882 || 1.4 ||	0.8 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 3.1
 * 21 ||	11 || 18.9 || .385 || .235 || .880 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 0.7 || 5.0
 * 30 || 4 || 17.5 || .437 || .410 || .704 || 2.0 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 5.6
 * 28 || 20 || 29.5 || .449 || .400 || .875 || 4.4 || 1.6 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 1.0 || 12.6
 * 31 || 31 || 29.0 || .413 || .337 || .875 || 2.8 || 2.1 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 1.5 || 11.3
 * }

Postseason
! style="text-align:left;"| 2019 ! style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix ! style="text-align:left;"| 2020 ! style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix ! style="text-align:left;"| 2021 ! style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix ! style="text-align:left;"| 2022 ! style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix ! style='text-align:left;'| Career ! style='text-align:left;'| 4 years, 1 team ! 13 !!	4 !! 17.6 !! .489 !! .514 !! .625 !! 1.8 !! 0.8 !! 0.2 !! 0.5 !! 1.6 !! 5.7
 * 1 ||	0 || 8.0 || 1.000 || 1.000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 3.0
 * 2 || 0 || 9.5 || .500 || .333 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.5 || 2.5
 * 8 || 2 || 17.5 || .484 || .565 || 1.000 || 2.1 ||	0.8 || 0.3 || 0.9 || 0.8 || 6.4
 * 2 || 2 || 31.0 || .455 || .375 || .333 || 2.5 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 2.5 || 7.5
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