A bloodied Sophie Cunningham found herself at the center of a WNBA race scandal after she was floored in a brutal clash with DiJonai Carrington, who later accused her rival of benefiting from ‘white privilege.’

Cunningham has been at the center of a sporting and political firestorm in recent weeks after comments she made about transgender athletes. The Indiana Fever star said she wants to ‘protect young girls’ from ‘biological men.’

And she was back in the spotlight on Saturday after finding herself on the wrong end of a nasty collision during Indiana’s game against the Chicago Sky.

Toward the end of the first quarter, Cunningham drove towards the basket, only to be struck in the face by Carrington. 

The Sky star was assessed a Flagrant 2 and ejected from the game over the incident, which provoked an angry reaction from Cunningham.

The 29-year-old climbed to her feet and attempted to confront Carrington, only for teammates and staff to drag her away.

A furious Sophie Cunningham had to be held back after she was floored by a brutal foul by WNBA rival DiJonai Carrington

Cunningham drove towards the basket, only to be struck in the face by Carrington

The Indiana Fever was left bloodied by the incident, which provoked a furious reaction

Carrington, who was ejected, later wrote on social media: ‘WHITE PRIVILEGE @indianafever’

Footage from courtside appeared to show her call Carrington a ‘dumb a** b****’ and shout: ‘Why the f*** would you do that?’

A few minutes later, Carrington posted on social media from the locker room. ‘WHITE PRIVILEGE @indianafever,’ she wrote.

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