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2024–25 UCF Knights women's basketball team

2024–25 UCF Knights women's basketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record7–3 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaAddition Financial Arena
Seasons
2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 13 Kansas State 0 0   12 1   .923
No. 12 TCU 0 0   11 1   .917
Kansas 0 0   10 1   .909
Oklahoma State 0 0   10 1   .909
No. 14 West Virginia 0 0   10 1   .909
Texas Tech 0 0   11 2   .846
Baylor 0 0   10 2   .833
BYU 0 0   9 2   .818
Colorado 0 0   9 2   .818
Utah 0 0   9 2   .818
Cincinnati 0 0   8 2   .800
UCF 0 0   7 3   .700
Arizona 0 0   9 4   .692
Iowa State 0 0   9 4   .692
Arizona State 0 0   5 6   .455
Houston 0 0   4 7   .364
2025 Big 12 tournament winner
As of December 18, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 UCF Knights women's basketball team represented the University of Central Florida during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Knights, are led by third-year head coach Sytia Messer and played their home games at the Addition Financial Arena as members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Knights finished the 2023–24 season 12–17, 5–13 in Big 12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round to Cininnati of the Big 12 Women's tournament

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure
Laila Jewett 0 G 5'10" Junior Woodbridge, VA Transferred
Mya Burns 10 G 6'10" GS Senior North Augusta, SC Graduated
Asia Todd 14 G 5'9" GS Senior Clayton, NC Graduated
Timia Ware 21 G 5'6" Junior Chicago, IL Transferred to East Carolina
Sierra Godbolt 22 G 5'6" Sophomore Orlando, FL Transferred to Samford
Anzhané Hutton 23 F 6'0" Senior Dallas, TX Graduated
Jayla Kelly 24 C 6'3" Senior Chesterfield, MO Transferred to Charlotte[1]
Morgan Robinson-Nwagwu 30 G 5'8" GS Senior Norcross, GA Transferred to Georgia State
Mary McMillan 42 G 5'6" Senior Apopka, FL Transferred to Stetson

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous
school
Lucie Castagne 4 G 5'4" GS Senior Paris, France Bryant
Nevaeh Brown 8 G 5'9" Senior Charlotte, NC East Tennessee State
Hannah Gusters 21 C 6'5" GS Senior Dallas, TX Oklahoma State
Ally Stedman 24 G 5'9" Senior Phoenix, AZ Miami (FL)

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.

Roster

2024–25 UCF Knights women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Kaitlin Peterson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Eufaula
Indiana
Eufaula, AL
G 4 Lucie Castagne 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) GS Putnam Science Academy
Bryant
Paris, France
G 8 Nevaeh Brown 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Mallard Creek
East Tennessee State
Charlotte, NC
F 11 Achol Akot 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Capital Courts Academy Ottawa, ON
G/F 12 Emely Rodriguez 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Central Pointe Academy La Romana, DR
G/F 13 Summer Yancy 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Lee's Summit North Kansas City, MO
F 15 Taylor Gibson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Bishop McNamara
Michigan
Upper Marlboro, MD
C 21 Hannah Gusters 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) GS MacArthur High School
Oklahoma State
Dallas, TX
F 22 Adeang Ring 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Bella Vista College Prep Sydney, Australia
C 23 Arek Angui 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Fr Greenforest Juba, South Sudan
G 24 Ally Stedman 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Pinnacle
Miami (FL)
Phoenix, AZ
F 33 Mahogany Chandler-Robnets 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Benson Tech Portland, OR
C 35 Khyala Ngodu 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Dillard Fort Lauderdale, FL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2024*
7:00 p.m.
Edward Waters W 107–56 
                  Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, FL
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Iona W 76–44  1–0
 22  Peterson   13  Akot   2  Tied  Addition Financial Arena (812)
Orlando, FL
November 7, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Marquette W 57–50  2–0
 18  Rodriguez   12  Gusters   4  Tied  Addition Financial Arena (1,107)
Orlando, FL
November 16, 2024*
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
Stetson W 89–58  3–0
 19  Akot   11  Akot   5  Tied  Addition Financial Arena (1,225)
Orlando, FL
November 19, 2024*
11:00 a.m., ESPN+
North Florida W 82–53  4–0
 23  Peterson   11  Gusters   5  Brown  Addition Financial Arena (2,578)
Orlando, FL
November 22, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
SIU Edwardsville W 81–71  5–0
 35  Peterson   10  Gusters   4  Akot  Addition Financial Arena (615)
Orlando, FL
November 24, 2024*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
Florida A&M W 80–55  6–0
 22  Gusters   11  Gusters   5  Akot  Addition Financial Arena (1,187)
Orlando, FL
November 27, 2024*
3:00 p.m., MW Network
at UNLV
UNLV Thanksgiving Classic
L 51–72  6–1
 18  Gusters   12  Akot   3  Brown  Thomas & Mack Center (949)
Paradise, NV
November 29, 2024*
3:00 p.m.
vs. Montana State
UNLV Thanksgiving Classic
L 68–76  6–2
 21  Peterson   12  Rodriguez   6  Brown  Thomas & Mack Center (906)
Paradise, NV
December 7, 2024*
1:00 p.m.
at Texas Southern W 93–87  7–2
 39  Peterson   14  Akot   7  Tied  H&PE Arena (272)
Houston, TX
December 17, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
High Point L 60–64  7–3
 22  Ngodu   12  Ngodu   5  Tied  Addition Financial Arena (1,003)
Orlando, FL
Big 12 regular season
December 21, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 12 TCU       Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, FL
January 1, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at West Virginia       Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, FL
January 4, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Arizona       Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, FL
January 8, 2025
9:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Colorado       CU Events Center 
Boulder, CO
January 11, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Cincinnati       Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, FL
January 14, 2025
7:30 p.m., ESPN+
at TCU       Schollmaier Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
January 18, 2025
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
Oklahoma State       Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, FL
January 25, 2025
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Iowa State       Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, IA
January 29, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Baylor       Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, FL
February 1, 2025
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
Houston       Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, FL
February 5, 2025
9:00 p.m., ESPN+
at BYU       Marriott Center 
Provo, UT
February 8, 2025
3:30 p.m., ESPN+
at Utah       Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT
February 12, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Arizona State       Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, FL
February 15, 2025
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Kansas State       Bramlage Coliseum 
Manhattan, KS
February 18, 2025
7:30 p.m., ESPN+
at Kansas       Allen Fieldhouse 
Lawrence, KS
February 22, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Texas Tech       Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, FL
February 25, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Iowa State       Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, FL
March 2, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Houston       Fertitta Center 
Houston, TX
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 5–9, 2025
TBA
vs. TBA       T-Mobile Center 
Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

References

  1. ^ Blackburn, Kelli (July 23, 2024). "Charlotte women's basketball team announces new roster for 2024 season". Niner Times. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024–25 (W) Basketball Schedule". UCF Athletics. Retrieved December 12, 2024.