2023–24 UCF Knights women's basketball team

2023–24 UCF Knights women's basketball
2023–24 UCF Knights women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	9–6 (0–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Sytia Messer (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Carey; Chandler McCabe; Tasha Taylor;
Home arena	Addition Financial Arena

2023–24 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Kansas State	6	–	0	1.000	17	–	1	.944
No. 24 Iowa State	5	–	1	.833	12	–	5	.706
Oklahoma	4	–	1	.800	10	–	6	.625
No. 11 Texas	4	–	2	.667	17	–	2	.895
West Virginia	4	–	2	.667	15	–	2	.882
Oklahoma State	4	–	2	.667	11	–	6	.647
No. 12 Baylor	3	–	2	.600	14	–	2	.875
Texas Tech	3	–	3	.500	14	–	5	.737
Kansas	2	–	3	.400	9	–	7	.563
Houston	2	–	4	.333	11	–	6	.647
Cincinnati	1	–	4	.200	9	–	7	.563
TCU	1	–	5	.167	14	–	4	.778
BYU	1	–	5	.167	11	–	8	.579
UCF	0	–	5	.000	9	–	6	.600

† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner As of January 17, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2023–24 UCF Knights women's basketball team represents the University of Central Florida during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Knights, are led by second-year head coach Sytia Messer and play their home games at the Addition Financial Arena as members of the Big 12 Conference.^[1]^[2]

Previous season

The Knights finished the 2022–23 season 14–15, 4–11 in AAC play to finish in tenth place. As a 10th seed in the AAC Women's tournament they defeated Cincinnati in the first round before losing to Memphis in the quarterfinals.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Kiera Brown	4	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Riviera Beach, FL
Tiani Abrams	5	G	6'1"	Freshman	Vista, CA	Transferred to Northern Colorado
Becca Ripley	11	G	6'0"	Senior	Stratham, NH	Graduated
Rachel Ranke	12	G	6'1"	GS Senior	Burnsville, MN	Graduated
Bryana Hardy	20	F	6'2"	Freshman	Lovejoy, GA
Ashley Foster	24	G	5'8"	Senior	McDonough, GA	Graduated
Destiny Thomas	33	F	6'2"	Senior	Atlanta, GA	Graduated
Ashton Verhulst	42	F	6'2"	Junior	De Soto, KS	Walk-on; left the team

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Kaitlin Peterson	3	G	5'9"	Junior	Eufaula, AL	Indiana
Jayla Kelly	24	C	6'3"	Senior	Chesterfield, MO	Missouri
Mary McMillan	42	G	5'6"	Senior	Apopka, FL	UNC Wilmington

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.

Roster

2023–24 UCF Knights women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Laila Jewett	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Bishop Ireton	Woodbridge, VA
G	3	Kaitlin Peterson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Eufaula Indiana	Eufaula, AL
G	10	Mya Burns	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	North Augusta Georgia Southern	North Augusta, SC
F	11	Achol Akot	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Capital Courts Academy	Ottawa, ON
G	14	Asia Todd	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Clayton Liberty	Clayton, NC
F	15	Taylor Gibson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Bishop McNamara Michigan	Upper Marlboro, MD
G	21	Timia Ware	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Whitney Young Magnet LSU	Chicago, IL
G	22	Sierra Godbolt	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Lake Highland Prep	Orlando, FL
F	23	Anzhané Hutton	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Cedar Hill Howard	Dallas, TX
C	24	Jayla Kelly	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Parkway Central Missouri	Chesterfield, MO
G	30	Morgan Robinson-Nwagwu	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	GS	Norcross Gulf Coast State College	Norcross, GA
C	35	Khyala Ngodu	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Dillard	Fort Lauderdale, FL
G	42	Mary McMillan	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Apopka UNC Wilmington	Apopka, FL

Head coach

Sytia Messer (Arkansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Tennille Adams (Arkansas)
Greg Brown (Lipscomb)
Michelle Edwards (Iowa)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	Bethune–Cookman	W 101–63	1–0	Addition Financial Arena (3,225) Orlando, FL
November 13, 2023* 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	Anderson	W 96–73	2–0	Addition Financial Arena (740) Orlando, FL
November 20, 2023* 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	Auburn	W 60–53	3–0	Addition Financial Arena (1,180) Orlando, FL
November 23, 2023* 3:00 p.m., FloSports	vs. Jackson State Discover Puerto Rico Classic	W 63–54	4–0	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
November 24, 2023* 3:00 p.m., FloSports	vs. St. John's Discover Puerto Rico Classic	W 61–48	5–0	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
November 25, 2023* 5:30 p.m., FloSports	vs. Sacred Heart Discover Puerto Rico Classic	W 69–58	6–0	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
December 3, 2023* 3:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	Campbell	W 42–41	7–0	Addition Financial Arena (1,072) Orlando, FL
December 11, 2023* 11:00 a.m., BIG12/ESPN+	New Orleans	W 72–45	8–0	Addition Financial Arena (1,238) Orlando, FL
December 18, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	Florida Atlantic	L 58–59	8–1	Addition Financial Arena (797) Orlando, FL
December 19, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	Morgan State	W 67–41	9–1	Addition Financial Arena (787) Orlando, FL
Big 12 Conference regular season
December 30, 2023 3:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	at Oklahoma	L 52–69	9–2 (0–1)	Lloyd Noble Center (3,835) Norman, OK
January 3, 2024 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	Oklahoma State	L 61–68	9–3 (0–2)	Addition Financial Arena (1,230) Orlando, FL
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 11 Kansas State	L 56–72	9–4 (0–3)	Addition Financial Arena (1,154) Orlando, FL
January 10, 2024 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	at Cincinnati	L 63–64	9–5 (0–4)	Fifth Third Arena (587) Cincinnati, OH
January 13, 2024 12:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 24 West Virginia	L 59–76	9–6 (0–5)	Addition Financial Arena (1,374) Orlando, FL
January 20, 2024 3:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	at No. 12 Baylor			Foster Pavilion Waco, TX
January 23, 2024 7:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	at TCU			Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX
January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	Houston			Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL
January 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	at West Virginia			WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 3, 2024 12:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	Iowa State			Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL
February 7, 2024 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	Cincinnati			Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL
February 10, 2024 8:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	at Texas Tech			United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX
February 13, 2024 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	BYU			Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL
February 17, 2024 5:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	at Kansas State			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 21, 2024 6:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	at Oklahoma State			Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 24, 2024 12:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	Texas			Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL
February 28, 2024 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	Kansas			Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL
March 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	at Houston			Fertitta Center Houston, TX
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 7–12, 2024	vs. TBD			T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Stein, Danielle (October 12, 2023). "UCF's basketball teams enter inaugural Big 12 season as underdogs". Spectrum News 13. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
↑ Murschel, Matt (October 11, 2023). "UCF basketball prepares for challenges in inaugural Big 12 season". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
↑ "2023–24 (W) Basketball Schedule". UCF Athletics. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
↑ "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES 2023-24 NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE". ucfknights.com. September 25, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
↑ "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UNVEILS 2023-24 BIG 12 SCHEDULE". ucfknights.com. September 27, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.

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[1] Stein, Danielle (October 12, 2023). "UCF's basketball teams enter inaugural Big 12 season as underdogs". Spectrum News 13. Retrieved November 27, 2023.

[2] Murschel, Matt (October 11, 2023). "UCF basketball prepares for challenges in inaugural Big 12 season". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved November 27, 2023.

[3] "2023–24 (W) Basketball Schedule". UCF Athletics. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[4] "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES 2023-24 NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE". ucfknights.com. September 25, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.

[5] "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UNVEILS 2023-24 BIG 12 SCHEDULE". ucfknights.com. September 27, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.

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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule

See also

References