Overview
- Rose fell 80-78 to Hive in Miami on Kelsey Mitchell’s game-winning layup to the target score, and she finished with 27 points.
- Reese logged 13 points and eight rebounds on 6-of-9 shooting in limited minutes in her season debut for Rose.
- Kahleah Copper led Rose with 29 points, while former Rose forward Azurá Stevens posted 20 points and eight rebounds for Hive.
- Rose sits at 5-7 with two regular-season games remaining, and the top six teams qualify for the postseason.
- Her midseason return followed a rare multi-team trade sending Stevens to Hive, Courtney Williams to Breeze, and Saniya Rivers to Vinyl, and she highlighted the comeback with media-day posts featuring her Reebok sneaker.