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Jersey Number 25
Niccolo Moretti
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Bologna, Italy
- Prev School:
- Illinois
Bio
At Florida Atlantic
Redshirt Sophomore (2024-25)
Redshirt Freshman (2023-24)
Personal
Redshirt Sophomore (2024-25)
- Made an appearance off the bench in 33 games, with one start against East Carolina
- Averaged 22.1 minutes per game, 6.4 points per game, 2.6 rebounds per game, and 3.4 assists per game with a 2.6 assist-to-turnover ratioÂ
- Totaled 752 minutes in his first season at Florida Atlantic
- In his debut as an Owl, he led FAU with 19 points in the victory over Indiana State for a career-high in points
- Named Player of the Game in the inaugural Athletes in Action Total Tip-Off
- Tallied eight games in double-digit scoring and with five or more assists
- In the home opener against Coastal Georgia, he recorded a career-high of four steals
- Registered the first start of his career in the victory over East Carolina to close out the regular season (March 9)
- Led the American Athletic Conference in assist/turnover ratio and ranked in the top 30 of the nation with a 2.61
- Recorded his 100th career assist in the win over Charlotte (Feb. 10)
- With seven rebounds against Rice on Jan. 19, 2025, he set a new career-high
- One of the two players to record 100+ assists on the season for the first time since 2011-12Â
- Hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer at South Florida to put the Owls up by nine points at the half, which contributed to FAU winning in Tampa for the first time in program history
Redshirt Freshman (2023-24)
- Played in 18 games, averaging 1.5 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.6 assist s in 5.8 minutes per contest
- 5 minutes in NCAA Tournament Elite Eight vs. #1 Connecticut (Mar. 30)
- 3 minutes in NCAA Round 2 win vs. Duquesne (Mar. 23)
- Hit 1-of-2 free-throws in 3 minutes in NCAA Round 1 win vs. Morehead State (Mar. 21)
- 3 points and 2 rebounds in 7 minutes at Iowa (Mar. 10)
- Career-high 9 points (2-2 3FGs, 3-4 FTs) vs. Iowa (Feb. 24)
- Saw first game action since Nov. 19, Â with 2 points in 6 minutes off the bench at Michigan (Jan. 18)
- Missed 10 games with a foot injury: vs. Western Illinois (Nov. 24), at Rutgers (Dec. 2), vs. Florida Atlantic (Dec. 5), at Tennessee (Dec. 9), vs. Colgate (Dec. 17, vs. Missouri (Dec. 22), vs. FDU (Dec. 29), Northwestern (Jan. 2), at Purdue (Jan. 5), and vs. Michigan State (Jan. 11).
- Tied season highs with 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 13 first-half minutes vs. Southern (Nov. 19) before leaving with a foot injury
- 6 points with two assists and one steal vs. Valparaiso (Nov. 17)
- Recorded 3 rebounds and tied for the game-high with 3 assists while adding 2 points at the free-throw line in Illini debut vs. Eastern Illinois (Nov. 6)
- Enrolled at Illinois at semester break and practiced with the Illini during the 2023 spring semester
- Played at the NBA Global Academy, a year-round training center at Basketball Australia's Centre of Excellence at the Australian Institute of Sport
- Competed in the NBA Academy Games in July 2022 in Atlanta, averaging 10.3 points and 3.5 assists
- Following a return trip to the U.S. in December 2022 for the Tarkanian Classic, recorded a double-double in the G League Winter Showcase with 19 points and 10 assists vs. NBA Academy Africa
- Helped lead Italy to a sixth-place finish in the FIBA U18 European Championships in the summer of 2022, Â averaging 9.0 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists
- Top performance was 15 points, six assists and five steals in Round of 16 win over Greece
- 2022 high school graduate of DME Sports Academy in Daytona Beach, Florida
Personal
- Born March 15, 2004
- Parents are Paolo and Mariolina Moretti
- Has an older brother, Davide, who played three seasons at Texas Tech, helping lead the Red Raiders to the 2019 NCAA title game as a sophomore
- Father played professional basketball from 1988-2000, including the Virtus Bologna and Fortitudo Bologna clubs, then coached in Italy for nearly two decades
- Also played soccer growing up (striker)
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