Francesca Baldassarre Season 2026-27

PREP
• Represented Italy six times on the international stage
• Competed with Italy’s U18 and U20 squads in FIBA Women’s EuroBasket competition
• Across the past two years, averaged 14.1 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game with the U18 team, while averaging 6.3 points per game with the U20 squad.
• Opened the summer of 2026 with the U20 team at the tournament in Lithuania (July 4-12), averaging 7.6 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. She scored in double figures in three consecutive games during the seven-game tournament, including a tournament-high 16 points against Slovenia
• At the U18 EuroBasket tournament in Sweden (Aug. 1-9), finished as the tournament’s third-leading scorer at 16.3 points per game. She also ranked second on her team in efficiency rating (10.9) and assists per game (2.6), and third in steals per game (1.4)
• In Stockholm, scored in double figures in six of seven games, including three 20-point performances. Her top scoring outing came against Belgium, when she led all players with 22 points while shooting 40.0 percent from the field (6-15), 44.4 percent from three-point range (4-9), and 6-6 from the free throw line
• Concluded the summer of 2025 by averaging 11.9 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game with the U18 squad, while adding 4.9 points per game for the U20 team
• In 2024, averaged 8.6 points and 3.0 rebounds per game at the FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup
• In 2023, averaged 13.1 points and 2.6 rebounds per game at the FIBA U16 Women’s European Championship

CLUB
• Spent the 2025-26 Series A1, Italy’s premier women’s basketball league, season with Battapaglia
• Over 19 games, averaged 28.8 minutes, 8.9 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game
• Posted 10 double figure scoring performances, including a stretch from Oct. 26, 2025-Jan. 24, 2026 where she put up double digits in eight straight games
• Tallied a season-high 18 points against BCC Derthona to go with four rebounds, two assists, and two steals