Angel Reese Becomes First Player Ejected From Game in Unrivaled History
Another weekend of Unrivaled women's basketball is upon us, with the six teams taking part in another slate of games.
Despite securing its first win of this inaugural 2025 season last weekend (largely due to the elite game of Fever standout Lexie Hull), Rose BC suffered a defeat to Phantom BC on Friday.
Rose BC and Chicago Sky superstar Angel Reese was the biggest story in Friday's loss vs. Phantom, albeit not because of her on-court performance. Rather, during a timeout, Reese was heard saying, "Sabrina can't f****** guard!" which was a reference to New York Liberty and Phantom BC star Sabrina Ionescu's defense.
We all heard Angel Reese during that timeout right hahaha#Unrivaled pic.twitter.com/RPpwaChngb
— Ashton Jeanlewis (@fb_playbook) February 1, 2025
Reese having said this made a lot of waves on social media. And now Reese is the topic of discussion once again on Saturday; albeit also not because of how she's performing.
At one point in the second quarter of Saturday's Rose vs. Laces game, Reese was guarding Laces BC guard Tiffany Hayes. She seemed to be playing solid defense before reaching for a steal. Hayes went sprawling to the ground while the ball went out of bounds. However, Reese was called for a foul.
Reese then seemed to wave off the referee who made the foul call — which caused her to receive a technical foul.
Reese continued expressing her frustration at the call even after the technical foul. And as a result, she was ultimately ejected from the game.
On the broadcast, Unrivaled play-by-play announcer Brendan Glasheen noted that this is the first ejection in Unrivaled history, as is shown in an X post of the foul, technical, and ensuing ejection from user @ShowCaseShabazz.
Angel Reese ejected. pic.twitter.com/yXkztfNylG
— Basketball Scout (@ShowCaseShabazz) February 2, 2025
Reese made WNBA history in several regards during her rookie season with the Sky, including her producing the most consecutive games with a double-double (15).
And now Reese has also made Unrivaled history — although this may be one she wants to forget.
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Grant Young covers Women’s Basketball, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco (USF), where he also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and played on USF’s Division I baseball team for five years. However, he now prefers Angel Reese to Angels in the Outfield.