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2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster

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12 Elisa Pinzan

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position G
  • Hometown Murano, Italy
  • High School Istituto Tecnico Algarotti Venezia
  • Prev School USF
  • Instagram elisa_pinzan
  • Twitter PinzanElisa
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Biography

  • AAC Weekly Honor Roll (March 28, 2022)
  • AAC Player of the Week (Dec. 13, 2021)
  • AAC Preseason All-Conference Second Team (2021-22)
  • AAC Most Improved Player (2020-21)
  • AAC All-Conference Second Team (2020-21)
  • AAC Player of the Week (Jan. 18, 2021)
  • AAC Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 21, 2020)
  • NCAA Starting Five (Dec. 9, 2020)
  • AAC Player of the Week (Dec. 7, 2020)
  • Preseason All-AAC Second Team (2020-21)
  • AAC All-Conference Third Team (2019-20)
  • ESPN SportsCenter Top 10 play, No. 7 (Feb. 10, 2020)
At Maryland (2022-23): 
  • Started in every game 
  • Reached 600 career assists at Rutgers, her 128th career game
  • Reached 1,000 career points at No. 6 Iowa, her 136th career game
  • Notched 5 or more assists in 8 games 

As a senior (2021-22)…
  • Played in 32 of South Florida’s 33 games, getting the start in each contest
  • Averaged 34.3 minutes per game which led the team and was fourth in the American Athletic Conference
  • Averaged 9.3 points, 5.3 assists and 3.5 rebounds per outing for the Bulls
  • Scoring average was fourth on the team while her total assists (171) were first in the AAC and 22nd in the nation, and her assists per game average were second in the conference and 22nd nationally
  • Finished her South Florida career just shy of 1,000 career points with 986, and dished out 544 career dimes which is second all-time in program history
  • Shot 37.2 percent (93-for-250) from the field, including 32.4 percent (46-for-142) from three-point range, and 80.2 percent (65-of-81) from the free-throw line
  • Scored double figures in 13 games – and 20-or-more points three times – which included a career-high 26-point, 10-assist performance against No. 9 Oregon (11/22/21) in the third-place game of the inaugural Women’s Battle 4 Atlantis
  • Followed that up with an 11-point outing in a 57-54 win against defending national champion and No. 7/5-ranked Stanford (11/26/21) in the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship Tournament
  • Averaged 14.5 points per game in the Bulls’ four postseason games in the AAC Tournament and the NCAA Tournament
  • Scored 16 points against Memphis (3/8/22) and 14 points against Houston (3/9/22) in the conference tournament quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively, and 19 points in the NCAA Tournament first round against Miami (3/18/22)
  • Notched three double-doubles on the year against Oregon (11/22/21), 10 points, 11 assists at UT Arlington (12/2/21) and 10 points, 10 assists at SMU (1/26/22)
  • Dished out double-digit assists four times against Oregon, UT Arlington, 10 against High Point (Dec. 17) and at SMU. 
     
As a junior (2020-21)…
  • Named the AAC’s Most Improved Player and was chosen to The American All-Conference Second Team
  • Played in all 23 games, earning the start in each outing
  • One of just three players on the roster to start in every game
  • Averaged 35.5 minutes per game, which was second in the league
  • Played 36-plus minutes 15 times, and 20-or-more minutes six times
  • Third on the team in scoring, averaging 10.3 points per game and grabbing 3.3 rebounds per contest, tied for third on the team
  • Led The American, and was seventh in the nation, in assists per game (6.5) and assist/turnover ratio (3.04), and was tops in the AAC, and 10th in the nation, in total assists (149)
  • Finished the year with 373 career assists, seventh on USF’s all-time list
  • Dished out seven-plus assists 10 times, and 10-or-more assists twice
  • Notched a career-high 14 dimes against Houston to go along with 11 points for her second career double-double (1/9/21)
  • Scored 18 points in two outings, coming against UCF (3/2/21) – a game-high – leading the Bulls to the AAC regular-season championship, and in USF’s NCAA second round game against No. 1-seeded North Carolina State (3/23/21)
  • Averaged 15.0 points per game in two NCAA Tournament games against Washington State (3/21/21), netting 12 points, and against the Wolfpack (3/23/21)
 
As a sophomore (2019-20)…
  • Averaged 9.0 points per game, 4.5 assists per outing, and 2.9 rebounds per contest, in 27 games, including 24 starts
  • Despite missing five games during the season due to an ankle injury, was the conference leader in assists per game, and was fourth in total assists (121)
  • Shot 35.5 percent (83-for-234) on the season, including 36.4 percent (48-for-112) from behind the arc, and 81.1 percent (30-for-37) from the free-throw line
  • Her 1.78 three-point field goals made per game was eighth in the conference
  • Scored in double figures in 10 games on the year and handed out five-or-more assists 14 times
  • Equaled her career-high with 23 points against UCF on 8-of-15 (53.3 percent) shooting from the field and 7-of-12 (58.3 percent) from three-point range (1/19/20)
 
As a freshman (2018-2019): 
  • Led the Bulls in assists (103)
  • Scored 23 points in the first round of the WNIT against Stetson (3/21/19)
  • Played in 31 games, making 15 starts, missed five games due to injury
  • Scored in double-digits four times.
 
The Pinzan File…
 
  • Previously played with club team ReyerVenezia SPA, in the top league in Italy .
  • Rated a five-star recruit from both Blue Star Europe and Passion Hoops
  • Five-time Italian national champion – 2012, 2013 Under 15, 2014 Under 17,  2015 Under 18 2016 Under 18 and was named MVP and to the best starting five
  • Participated in the U18 European Championships and U19 World Cup in the summer of 2017 for team Italy
  •  In the 2016 European Championships, she averaged eight points, two assists, 2.9 rebounds, and two steals per game
  •  At the U19 World Cup, averaged six points and four assists while leading her team in minutes
  • Has won multiple medals with Team Italy (bronze – 2016 European championship; silver – 2017 World Championship; gold – 2018)
  • Daughter of Fabio Pinzan and Barbara Bonfà
  • Has one older brother, Luca, who played in the C1 national league
  • Committed to Maryland coaching staff on a Zoom, before she visited campus
  • Started playing basketball very young since most of her family played
  • Working on a post-graduate degree in sociology

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