MEDLEY, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Angel Reese will miss her team\u2019s Unrivaled semifinal matchup on Sunday because of a hand injury, the league announced Saturday.<\/p>\n
Reese, who has played for Rose BC during the inaugural season of the 3-on-3 women\u2019s basketball league<\/a>, injured her hand against Vinyl in last week\u2019s regular-season finale. It\u2019s the same left hand that Reese had surgery<\/a> on in September to repair a small crack in a bone in her wrist, which ended the star forward\u2019s stellar rookie season with the WNBA\u2019s Chicago Sky early.<\/p>\n Reese was one of Unrivaled biggest standouts during its eight-week regular season. She was named Unrivaled Defensive Player of the Year on Saturday after leading the league with 12.1 rebounds per game and was named to the All-Unrivaled second-team earlier this week.<\/p>\n She led Rose with eight blocked shots this year and anchored Unrivaled\u2019s best scoring defense, which held opponents to 65.2 points per game. Reese also had a 22-point, 21-rebound game on Feb. 21, when Rose handed Unrivaled Co-founder Napheesa Collier and the Lunar Owls their only loss of the season. <\/p>\n \u201cGod, thank you for getting me through the highs & lows!\u201d Reese posted on social media Saturday. \u201cBe where your feet are & allow yourself growth!\u201d<\/p>\n Unrivaled\u2019s postseason begins Sunday with two semifinal matchups. Reese\u2019s second-seeded Rose team will face Kayla McBride and the No. 3 seed Laces in the first semifinal. Collier and the top-seeded Lunar Owls will take on Dearica Hamby, Aliyah Boston and No. 4 Vinyl in the other. The winners will advance to Monday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not yet known if Reese would be available to play in Monday\u2019s final if her team advances. <\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n