March 2, 2026
ITALY defeated GREAT BRITAIN 84-75 on March 2, 2026 in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. ITALY won by a 9-point margin. Saliou Niang led all scorers with 23 points. ITALY shot 45.8% from the field while GREAT BRITAIN managed 38.1%. ITALY collected 33 rebounds and GREAT BRITAIN grabbed 42. This game was played as part of the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027 season in World Championship.
22 yrs (2004) 6'5″ - 1.96m
22 yrs (2004) 6'5″ - 1.96m
| # | Player | Min | Pts | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | Ast | Stl | TOv | Blk | BlkR | PF | PFR | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | * Saliou Niang | 30:43 | 23 | 10/12 | 10/12 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29 |
| 1 | * Nico Mannion | 24:53 | 9 | 2/8 | 1/3 | 1/5 | 4/4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | * Stefano Tonut | 21:32 | 5 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 | * Amedeo Tessitori | 13:25 | 9 | 3/5 | 3/3 | 0/2 | 3/5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 19 | * Gabriele Procida | 09:57 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3 |
| 77 | John Petrucelli | 23:11 | 13 | 4/5 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 3/6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 0 | Amedeo Della Valle | 21:17 | 10 | 2/6 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 5/6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 45 | Nicola Akele | 20:27 | 6 | 3/6 | 3/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 0 | Marco Spissu | 12:22 | 2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 17 | Giampaolo Ricci | 11:56 | 2 | 0/4 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 2/4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Diego Flaccadori | 07:01 | 5 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | Luigi Suigo | 03:17 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Totals | 200:01 | 84 | 27/59 | 21/34 | 6/25 | 24/35 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 26 | 97 |
| # | Player | Min | Pts | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | Ast | Stl | TOv | Blk | BlkR | PF | PFR | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | * Quinn Ellis | 32:14 | 19 | 5/10 | 5/8 | 0/2 | 9/11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 24 | * Carl Wheatle | 29:43 | 15 | 5/13 | 2/7 | 3/6 | 2/3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 15 | * Akwasi Yeboah | 27:00 | 4 | 1/6 | 0/2 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | * Myles Hesson | 26:41 | 12 | 5/13 | 3/8 | 2/5 | 0/1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | * Jubrile Belo-Osagie | 11:10 | 7 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 0 | Gabriel Olaseni | 19:46 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Luke Nelson | 17:23 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Deane Williams | 15:45 | 5 | 2/6 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Amin Adamu | 11:07 | 6 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 30 | Daniel Akin | 06:38 | 4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Joshua Uduje | 02:32 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 |
| 7 | Jelani Watson-Gayle | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 199:59 | 75 | 24/63 | 15/34 | 9/29 | 18/27 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 24 | 72 |
* Players marked with * are starters.
