Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham made a passionate statement about the state of the team as it deals with Caitlin Clarks injuries and tries to keep the season from spiraling.Cunningham spoke to reporters about being the team that everyone in the league has circled on their calendars before their win over the Dallas Wings on Friday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMIt was the second night of a back-to-back as they came off of a loss to the Los Angeles Sparks."I think so far this season, weve had a lot of distractions. Some injuries. Dont know whos playing. Just a lot of distractions. But I think thats really good for us," she said, via the Indy Star. "Lets go through the adversity early. Lets learn from it. Good news is were not going to peak too early, so I mean, thats a positive. Its not an excuse. Everyones playing a back-to-back. Everyone has this kind of rough schedule. For us, we get another opportunity tomorrow, and weve got to capitalize on it. Dallas is a team thats hungry for a win."Weve talked about this, were circled on everybodys schedule. No one likes us, right? So, everyone in our locker room? Thats the only type of people that we have that we can lean on. Weve got to be better in that area. We have got to stay disciplined, we have to stay focused, we need to get consistent and weve got to lean on each other. I think that weve kind of wavered a little bit on that. We have our own islands."WNBA ROOKIE PAIGE BUECKERS SAYS MEDIA 'TRIES TO ISOLATE' IN RESPONSE TO PAST COMMENTS ABOUT BLACK WOMENCunningham added that the tough schedule was "just an excuse" and that she had to do a better job for her teammates.She then had five points and four assists on Friday as the Fever defeated the Wings, 94-86.The WNBA schedule has become a tension point with some players.New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart spoke about the problems of a 44-game schedule earlier this month."We want to play the games, especially if thats what is wanted for TV and having these sellout arenas," she said. "I think the hardest part is no matter what, when I was playing 36 games or 32 games, it was in the same amount of time as 44 games."I know on both ends between April and October theres things happening. But I think thats one of the biggest talking points in the next CBA is like, alright, how can we make it so teams arent playing four (games) in six (days) three times in a season and continuing to have the rest and recovery so we are at our best. Its tough, its a tough thing."Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.