2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 TCU † 16 – 2   .889 31 – 3   .912
No. 14 Baylor 15 – 3   .833 27 – 7   .794
No. 17 Oklahoma State 14 – 4   .778 25 – 6   .806
No. 16 West Virginia 13 – 5   .722 24 – 7   .774
No. 19 Kansas State 13 – 5   .722 26 – 7   .788
Utah 13 – 5   .722 22 – 8   .733
Iowa State 12 – 6   .667 22 – 11   .667
Arizona 10 – 8   .556 19 – 13   .594
Colorado 9 – 9   .500 20 – 12   .625
Cincinnati 7 – 11   .389 15 – 14   .517
Kansas 6 – 12   .333 16 – 14   .533
BYU 4 – 14   .222 13 – 17   .433
UCF 4 – 14   .222 12 – 18   .400
Texas Tech 4 – 14   .222 17 – 17   .500
Arizona State 3 – 15   .167 10 – 22   .313
Houston 1 – 17   .056 5 – 25   .167
† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner
As of March 9, 2025
Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 UCF Knights women's basketball team represents 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 play their home games at the Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida 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.[1] They lost in the first round to Cincinnati of the Big 12 women's tournament.[2]

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[3]
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 was no recruiting 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
Last update: January 3, 2025

Schedule and results

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 L 52–92  7–4
(0–1) 		 17 – Rodriguez   6 – Rodriguez   2 – tied  Addition Financial Arena (1,796)
Orlando, FL
January 1, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at No. 18 West Virginia L 58–80  7–5
(0–2) 		 14 – Ngodu   7 – Ngodu   4 – Stedman  Addition Financial Arena (5,232)
Orlando, FL
January 4, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Arizona L 53–75  7–6
(0–3) 		 17 – Peterson   6 – Tied   6 – Brown  Addition Financial Arena (1,385)
Orlando, FL
January 8, 2025
9:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Colorado L 62–81  7–7
(0–4) 		 24 – Peterson   6 – Rodriguez   4 – Castagne  CU Events Center (2,127)
Boulder, CO
January 11, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Cincinnati L 58–64  7–8
(0–5) 		 16 – Peterson   7 – Ngodu   3 – Akot  Addition Financial Arena (1,425)
Orlando, FL
January 14, 2025
7:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at No. 10 TCU L 81–90  7–9
(0–6) 		 33 – Peterson   10 – Akot   5 – Rodriguez  Schollmaier Arena (2,541)
Fort Worth, TX
January 18, 2025
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 24т Oklahoma State L 58–72  7–10
(0–7) 		 12 – Ring   8 – Ngodu   3 – Tied  Addition Financial Arena (3,002)
Orlando, FL
January 25, 2025
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Iowa State L 56–90  7–11
(0–8) 		 23 – Brown   11 – Ring   6 – Akot  Hilton Coliseum (10,326)
Ames, IA
January 29, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Baylor L 64–75  7–12
(0–9) 		 25 – Brown   10 – Ring   7 – Ngodu  Addition Financial Arena (1,354)
Orlando, FL
February 1, 2025
12:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Houston W 70–56  8–12
(1–9) 		 19 – Blair   9 – McFarland   6 – Cooke  Addition Financial Arena (1,327)
Orlando, FL
February 5, 2025
9:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at BYU L 66–73  8–13
(1–10) 		 19 – Peterson   8 – Ngodu   3 – Brown  Marriott Center (2,153)
Provo, UT
February 8, 2025
3:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Utah L 51–95  8–14
(1–11) 		 17 – Peterson   10 – Chandler-Roberts   3 – Brown  Jon M. Huntsman Center (5,909)
Salt Lake City, UT
February 12, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Arizona State W 85–76  9–14
(2–11) 		 34 – Peterson   9 – Tied   5 – Brown  Addition Financial Arena (1,002)
Orlando, FL
February 15, 2025
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at No. 14 Kansas State L 67–97  9–15
(2–12) 		 19 – Peterson   9 – Chandler-Roberts   3 – Akot  Bramlage Coliseum (6,246)
Manhattan, KS
February 18, 2025
7:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Kansas L 58–63  9–16
(2–13) 		 14 – Rodriguez   9 – Tied   5 – Peterson  Allen Fieldhouse (1,937)
Lawrence, KS
February 22, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Texas Tech W 61–60  10–16
(3–13) 		 20 – Peterson   8 – Akot   4 – Peterson  Addition Financial Arena (1,207)
Orlando, FL
February 25, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Iowa State L 73–98  10–17
(3–14) 		 21 – Rodriguez   9 – Ngodu   4 – Brown  Addition Financial Arena (1,873)
Orlando, FL
March 2, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Houston W 73–61  11–17
(4–14) 		 25 – Peterson   10 – Tied   4 – Rodriguez  Fertitta Center (759)
Houston, TX
Big 12 Conference tournament
March 5, 2025
12:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(13) vs. (12) BYU
First Round 		W 81–69  12–17
  35 – Peterson   8 – Tied   4 – Rodriguez  T-Mobile Center (4,617)
Kansas City, MO
March 6, 2025
12:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(3) vs. (5) No. 20 Kansas State
Second Round 		L 65–80  12–18
  21 – Peterson   6 – Ring   3 – Rodriguez  T-Mobile Center 
Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Source:[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". big12sports.com. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  2. ^ Glass, Maddie (March 8, 2024). "Women's Hoops Falls Short Against Cincinnati, 67-62". UCF Athletics - Official Athletics Website. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  3. ^ Blackburn, Kelli (July 23, 2024). "Charlotte women's basketball team announces new roster for 2024 season". Niner Times. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". UCF Athletics. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
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