2024–25 UCF Knights women's basketball team

2024–25 UCF Knights women's basketball
2024–25 UCF Knights women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	7–2 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Sytia Messer (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Carey; Walter Pitts; Rekha Patterson;
Home arena	Addition Financial Arena
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 13 Kansas State	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
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	–	9	–	2	.818
BYU	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
Colorado	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
Utah	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	7	–	2	.778
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 17, 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

Sytia Messer (Arkansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Carey (Salem)
Walter Pitts (Alabama)
Rekha Patterson (North Carolina A&T)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	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						Addition Financial Arena 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.

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.

[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.

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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References