2024–25 UCF Knights women's basketball team
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
Record | 7–3 (0–0 Big 12) |
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Home arena | Addition Financial Arena |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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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
- ^ Blackburn, Kelli (July 23, 2024). "Charlotte women's basketball team announces new roster for 2024 season". Niner Times. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
- ^ "2024–25 (W) Basketball Schedule". UCF Athletics. Retrieved December 12, 2024.