2024–25 UCF Knights women's basketball team

2024–25 UCF Knights women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	7–4 (0–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Sytia Messer (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Mike Carey Walter Pitts Rekha Patterson
Home arena	Addition Financial Arena

2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 TCU	1	–	0		1.000			12	–	1		.923
Oklahoma State	1	–	0		1.000			11	–	1		.917
Baylor	1	–	0		1.000			11	–	2		.846
Colorado	1	–	0		1.000			10	–	2		.833
Utah	1	–	0		1.000			10	–	2		.833
Arizona	1	–	0		1.000			10	–	4		.714
No. 13 Kansas State	0	–	0		–			12	–	1		.923
Texas Tech	0	–	0		–			11	–	2		.846
Cincinnati	0	–	0		–			8	–	2		.800
Houston	0	–	0		–			4	–	7		.364
Kansas	0	–	1		.000			10	–	2		.833
No. 14 West Virginia	0	–	1		.000			10	–	2		.833
BYU	0	–	1		.000			9	–	3		.750
Iowa State	0	–	1		.000			9	–	5		.643
UCF	0	–	1		.000			7	–	4		.636
Arizona State	0	–	1		.000			5	–	7		.417
† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner As of December 21, 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
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

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 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

• 2024–25 UCF Knights men's basketball team