In the first game of their overseas trip to Italy, the Virginia Cavaliers took care of business against the Italian basketball club Stella Azzurra, winning in dominant fashion, 76-24.
As UVA plans to sit out three different players per game in order to make the rotations easier and ensure that all 12 scholarship players get meaningful minutes, Kihei Clark, Francisco Caffaro, and Taine Murray were the trio to sit out game one. As a result, Isaac McKneely replaced Clark among the starters with Reece Beekman, Armaan Franklin, Jayden Gardner, and Kadin Shedrick joining the West Virginia native as the first five on the floor.