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Phoenix Mercury guard Sophie Cunningham turned heads as soon as once more along with her pregame outfit forward of the crew’s matchup towards the New York Liberty on Monday.

The Mercury posted a slo-mo video of Cunningham getting into the Footprint Enviornment locker room forward of the sport with a caption straight from the present “Love Island.”

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Sophie Cunningham, #9 of the Phoenix Mercury, arrives on the area earlier than the sport towards the New York Liberty on Aug. 26, 2024 at Footprint Heart in Phoenix. (Kate Frese/NBAE through Getty Photos)

“This week a hot new bombshell enters the villa,” the crew wrote on X.

It didn’t seem everybody was on board, because the crew has not precisely gotten off to a scorching begin following the crew’s return to motion from the Olympic break.

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The Mercury misplaced to the Liberty on Monday 84-70. They’re 3-3 because the league began up once more. Cunningham had three factors within the sport.

Sophie Cunningham, #9 of the Phoenix Mercury, warms up earlier than the sport towards the New York Liberty on Aug. 26, 2024 at Footprint Heart in Phoenix. (Kate Frese/NBAE through Getty Photos)

Phoenix Mercury gamers Sophie Cunningham, #9, and Brittney Griner, #42, work together through the WNBA All-Star Recreation Expertise Problem at Footprint Heart in Phoenix on Friday, July 19, 2024. (Joe Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK)

The previous Missouri standout is averaging 7.7 factors per sport in 31 appearances for Phoenix. She’s capturing 42% from the ground and 37% from 3-point vary.

Phoenix is more likely to make the playoffs this season, barring an entire catastrophe on the finish of the season. The Mercury are in sixth place within the WNBA standings – two video games up within the win column over the Indiana Fever. The highest eight groups make the postseason.

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The crew has 9 video games left within the common season, which ends on Sept. 19 for them.

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