Even Sophie Cunningham’s coach is getting tired of the firestorm the WNBA star has stirred up, though she admits attention and scrutiny come hand-in-hand with the league’s growth.

While the Indiana Fever are winning games, they’re having to do it despite the distractions brought on by Cunningham’s comments about trans athletes.

And head coach Stephanie White addressed the matter, saying she didn’t approve of “exclusion” and admitting “frustration” at the focus being drawn away from basketball.

“I don’t know that I would say that I’m educated enough from a scientific standpoint. (But) I don’t ever believe that exclusion is an answer. I just don’t,” White said pregame Friday. “I do think when we think about various levels of sport, various governing bodies of sport, and things that go into that. Like I said, I’m not educated enough at the different levels. I know, growing up, I played with the boys all the time.”

Cunningham clearly disagreed, courting controversy by advocating for barring transgender girls and women from female sports.

In a recent ESPN interview, she stated that girls “shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”

That sparked a fervor, and then pro-Cunningham protests in response to the blowback. All of that has swirled around Indiana, which has managed to go 19-10 despite the distraction after downing the Fire 112-98 in Portland on Friday night in another game that featured Cunningham being booed.

“There is a frustration, of course, because we want to talk about basketball and we want to continue to work on our game, and we want to continue to grow as a team,” said White.

“But I also understand, like this is part of our growth edge as a league, right? We have to be able to insulate as much as we can, and then we have to be able to lead with conversation.”

For her part, Cunningham has been unfazed at any possible distraction

There was a pro-Cunningham rally outside Climate Pledge Arena for Indiana’s tilt against the Seattle Storm on July 28.

Cunningham got booed by the Seattle crowd when she checked into the game and during her first trip to the foul line to take free throws. The situation escalated when Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton had an exchange with Cunningham fans that night and later was suspended for five games by the WNBA.

After the Fever’s 105-95 victory, Cunningham wasn’t made available to the media. When White and the other Indiana players were asked about the protest, the Fever’s PR rep stepped in and stated that neither Cunningham nor the organization had any knowledge of — or contact with — the rally’s organizers.

At Indiana’s tilt Friday night against the Portland Fire, a group rallied again outside the Moda Center and Cunningha was booed inside. Fans waved small pink, blue and white transgender flags.

After the Fever won their fifth straight game, Cunningham she was unconcerned about any distraction.

“At the end of the day, I come in and I do my job,” Cunningham said. “I think everyone who knows me personally, they know that I’m full of love. I’m bubbly. I love the people around me. I love basketball. I love inspiring the next generation and doing that in a positive light. And so that doesn’t even cross my mind. Doesn’t cross my teammates’ minds.

“And again, I’m here to play basketball, but I’m also here to be me, and I’m not going to like shadow that or hide or, you know, dim my light just because maybe people don’t agree with that.”

A third rally is reportedly planned for Sunday in Minneapolis when the Fever play the Minnesota Lynx. Cunningham said she’s not involved with the protestors, but does support them,

“I have honestly had nothing to do with them. I think it’s people just practicing their rights of freedom of speech and doing what other fans have been doing since the WNBA has started,” said Cunningham.

“And so, props to them, props to everyone who is able to be competent and be bold and courageous enough to speak their truths.”