Alyssa Ustby to begin professional basketball career in Italy

Posted Jul 7, 2025
Alyssa Ustby will begin her professional basketball career with the Panthers Roseto in Roseto, Italy. The team competes in the Lega Basket Femminile (LBF), Italy’s premier league for women’s basketball. Ustby finished an outstanding five-year career at UNC as the program’s all-time leading rebounder with 1,251, which is third on the all-time ACC list. (Tar Heel Tribune)

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