{"id":89658,"date":"2025-08-22T21:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T21:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/89658\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T21:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T21:35:09","slug":"wnba-team-draws-attention-with-campaign-after-loss-to-indiana-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/89658\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Team Draws Attention With Campaign After Loss to Indiana Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Connecticut Sun lost to the Indiana Fever 99-93 in overtime after blowing a 21-point lead at home on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The loss dropped the Sun to 6-27 on the season for the worst record in the WNBA.<\/p>\n

Veterans Marina Mabrey (27 points) and Tina Charles (21 points) led the way for Connecticut. Their efforts weren’t enough, though, to overcome 38 points from Kelsey Mitchell, who tied her career high as the Indiana Fever played without Caitlin Clark for the 13th straight game.<\/p>\n

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The good news for the Sun is that the future is bright \u2014 and that is what they decided to lean into on social media after the devastating loss.<\/p>\n

Connecticut Sun Launch Campaign Amid WNBA Rookie Awards Race<\/p>\n

Ahead of Connecticut’s game against the Washington Mystics on Tuesday night, they put out a series of posts celebrating the success of rookies Saniya Rivers, Leila Lacan and Aneesah Morrow early in their professional careers.<\/p>\n

The three 2025 draft picks are averaging a combined 24.9 points per game with each playing at least 17 minutes per game.<\/p>\n

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“Ok admin,” said a response<\/a> to the “Underdawgs” campaign. “We see you.”<\/p>\n

“why does this go so hard for no reason at all???” said one reply<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“WHAT A TRIO,” one fan<\/a> hyped.<\/p>\n

“Oh ok all rookie campaign,” preached a fan<\/a> in response to the Sun’s efforts.<\/p>\n

The timing of the promotional campaign was notable, given that the Mystics boast two of the front-runners for 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year: All-Star selections Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen. No. 1 overall draft pick Paige Bueckers of the Dallas Wings is also a strong candidate.<\/p>\n

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While Lacan, Rivers and Morrow may not individually have the credentials to win Rookie of the Year, they could earn the Sun significant representation on the 2025 WNBA All-Rookie team.<\/p>\n

Connecticut Sun Sale Update<\/p>\n

Amid the rebuilding season, the Sun franchise has been clouded by a battle with the league over the potential $325 million sale<\/a> of the team to an investment group led by former\u00a0Boston Celtics\u00a0minority owner Steve Pagliuca, who intends to relocate the team to Boston.<\/p>\n

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Connecticut Sun head coach Rachid Meziane watches from the sideline against the Seattle Storm.David Butler II-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

When the plan was first reported, the WNBA pushed back with a statement that said “relocation decisions are made by the WNBA Board of Governors and not by individual teams.” On Tuesday, a new report<\/a> suggested that the Sun’s owners are considering options to salvage the record sale.<\/p>\n

It has been a forgettable 2025 season for Sun fans, but there is still plenty to be optimistic about the future.<\/p>\n

Related: Calls Mount for Indiana Fever to Make Caitlin Clark Decision After Sophie Cunningham News<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Aug 19, 2025, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Connecticut Sun lost to the Indiana Fever 99-93 in overtime after blowing a 21-point lead at home…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[52985,1222,49,735,48,3458,3459,2803,4650,4654,21321,13054,4658,12932,7675,4649,82,3392,8611,737,630,52984],"class_list":["post-89658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-aneesah-morrow","tag-boston-celtics","tag-ca","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-canada","tag-connecticut-sun","tag-dallas-wings","tag-indiana-fever","tag-kelsey-mitchell","tag-kiki-iriafen","tag-leila-lacan","tag-marina-mabrey","tag-paige-bueckers","tag-saniya-rivers","tag-seattle","tag-sonia-citron","tag-sports","tag-the-sun","tag-tina-charles","tag-washington-mystics","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-rookie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}