{"id":632482,"date":"2026-04-26T18:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T18:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/632482\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T18:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T18:09:09","slug":"roussell-lands-florida-transfer-caterina-piatti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/632482\/","title":{"rendered":"Roussell lands Florida transfer Caterina Piatti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/uva-basketball-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"uva basketball\" width=\"555\" height=\"312\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/uva-basketball-1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a>Photo: Mike Ingalls\/AFP<\/p>\n<p>New <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/sports\/wbball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">UVA Basketball<\/a> assistant Kelly Rae Finley helped her new boss, Aaron Roussell, land one of her former players at Florida, Caterina Piatti, who is headed to Virginia via the transfer portal.<\/p>\n<p>Piatti, a 6\u20194\u201d forward, averaged a modest 4.5 points and 2.9 rebounds in 19.8 minutes per game as a freshman at Florida in 2025-2026, but showed flashes of potential \u2013 with four double-figure games and one double-double.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCat is a fantastic fit for us,\u201d Roussell said.\u00a0\u201cHer size, hands and ability to finish are elite. With experience as a starter in the SEC and on the international stage, she will make an immediate impact on both ends of the court for our team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Piatti, a native of Italy, made her debut on the international stage with Team Italy in 2022 at the FIBA U16 Women\u2019s European Championship.<\/p>\n<p>She also made appearances for Italy\u2019s U18 and U20 teams, helping the Italians win bronze at the 2025 FIBA U20 Women\u2019s EuroBasket Championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Mike Ingalls\/AFP New UVA Basketball assistant Kelly Rae Finley helped her new boss, Aaron Roussell, land one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,306238,85,306239],"class_list":["post-632482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-go-hoos","tag-sports","tag-uva-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}