With BC Beroe, Rose moves to the higher level he sought had he gone back to Germany. Playing for Dusseldorf, Rose averaged 18.9 points and 3.8 assists and earned third team all-German Pro B honors.
“It’s going to be step up, for sure,” said Rose, who wrapped up his IWU career in 2019 as the school’s No. 8 all-time scorer with 1,687 points. “The league I was in only allowed one American on a team. This team there allows four American total. I think it will be very comparable to the next step up in Germany.”
Rose will play with fellow Americans Cadarian Raines (Virginia Tech), Raquan Mitchell (New Mexico Highlands) and Kaleb Bishop (Fairleigh Dickinson).
The son of IWU coach Ron Rose will carry to Bulgaria lessons learned from his first pro season.
“The biggest adjustment was the physicality, and the rules are a little different,” he said. “The first step sometimes gets called (for traveling). You really have to get the ball down before you lift the foot up. Or you can come off screens and take a couple steps and it’s not called.”
