The Indiana Fever currently hold seventh position in the WNBA standings with an 18-16 record. The team, which entered the 2025 WNBA season with serious

Darcy Connolly-Brunner, 61, was struck when Rolando Ico-Choc, a 30-year-old Guatemalan national, crossed over into the wrong lane in Freeport on Saturday afternoon, the Stephenson County Sheriff’s office said. The migrant, who had a hefty rap sheet including multiple prior DUIs, was also killed in the wreck, according to officials.

Brunner, the mother of former WNBA and Arizona State University basketball player Sophie Brunner was killed in a head-on collision in Orangeville, Ill. She was 61.

Sophie Cunningham and the Indiana Fever have hit a bit of a slump, losing three of their last four games, most recently to the Dallas Wings. Still, Cunningham has had a solid first season with the Fever, averaging 8.9 points and 3.6 rebounds. She even earned a starting spot over the last 11 games.

Now, the WNBA’s bizarre adult toy-throwing trend turned serious after Sophie Cunningham was struck mid-game—the third such incident in a month, but the first to make contact with a player, especially after she had openly requested the fans to not engage in such tasteless and disrespectful acts.