2025–26 UCF Knights women's basketball team

2025–26 UCF Knights women's basketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record11–19 (3–15 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaAddition Financial Arena
2025–26 Big 12 women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 TCU 15 – 3   .833 31 – 5   .861
No. 11 West Virginia † 14 – 4   .778 28 – 6   .824
No. 21 Baylor 13 – 5   .722 25 – 9   .735
Oklahoma State 12 – 6   .667 24 – 9   .727
No. 25 Texas Tech 12 – 6   .667 26 – 8   .765
Colorado 11 – 7   .611 22 – 12   .647
Iowa State 10 – 8   .556 22 – 10   .688
Utah 10 – 8   .556 19 – 13   .594
BYU 9 – 9   .500 23 – 11   .676
Arizona State 9 – 9   .500 24 – 11   .686
Kansas 8 – 10   .444 21 – 13   .618
Kansas State 8 – 10   .444 19 – 18   .514
Cincinnati 6 – 12   .333 11 – 20   .355
UCF 3 – 15   .167 11 – 19   .367
Arizona 3 – 15   .167 12 – 18   .400
Houston 1 – 17   .056 7 – 23   .233
† 2026 Big 12 tournament winner
As of March 22, 2026
Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 UCF Knights women's basketball team represents the University of Central Florida during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Knights are led by fourth-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 2024–25 season 12–18, 4–14 in Big 12 play to finish in a three-way tie for twelfth place. As No. 13 seed in the Big 12 tournament they defeated BYU in the first round before losing in the second round to Kansas State.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure
Kaitlin Peterson 3 G 5'9" Senior Eufaula, AL Transferred to Ole Miss
Lucie Castagne 4 G 5'6" Graduate Student Paris, France Graduated
Nevaeh Brown 8 G 5'9" Senior Charlotte, NC Transferred to Hofstra
Achol Akot 11 F 6'1" Sophomore Ottawa, ON Transferred to Oklahoma State
Emely Rodriguez 12 G/F 6'0" Freshman La Romana, DR Transferred to Iowa
Taylor Gibson 15 F 6'2" Senior Upper Marlboro, MD Transferred to Hampton
Hannah Gusters 21 C 6'6' Graduate Student Dallas, TX Graduated
Adeang Ring 22 F 6'5" Freshman Sydney, Australia Transferred to Virginia
Arek Angui 23 C 6'8" Freshman Juba, South Sudan Transferred to Auburn
Ally Stedman 24 G 5'9" Senior Phoenix, AZ Transferred

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous
school
Kristol Ayson 2 G 5'8" Graduate Student Tacoma, WA Tulsa
Jaccoriah Bracey 3 G 5'9" Graduate Student Drew, MS Southern Miss
Logan Reed 5 G/F 6'0" Freshman Godley, TX Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
Kayanna Cox 12 G 5'10" Sophomore Tenaha, TX SMU[1]
Audreonia Benson 14 G 5'6" Junior Trussville, AL Pensacola State College
Jasmynne Gibson 24 F 6'1" Sophomore Apopka, FL North Florida
Savannah Scott 30 C 6'4" Sophomore Conway, AR Auburn
Leah Harmon 42 G 5'6" Sophomore Paterson, NJ Miami (FL)[2]

Recruiting

There was no recruiting class of 2025.

Roster

2025–26 UCF Knights women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Samari Bankhead 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Windward Los Angeles, CA
G 2 Kristol Ayson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) GS Lincoln
Tulsa 		Tacoma, WA
G 3 Jaccoriah Bracey 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS Thomas Edwards
Southern Miss 		Drew, MS
G/F 5 Logan Reed 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Fr Godley
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 		Godley, TX
G 7 Felicia Schölander 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr   Stockholm, Sweden
F 9 Meja Hänsel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Luleå High School Stockholm, Sweden
G 12 Kayanna Cox 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Tenaha
SMU 		Tenaha, TX
G/F 13 Summer Yancy 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Lee's Summit North Kansas City, MO
G 14 Audreonia Benson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Hewitt-Trussville
Pensacola State College 		Trussville, AL
F 24 Jasmynne Gibson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Colonial
North Florida 		Apopka, FL
C 30 Savannah Scott 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS So Conway
Auburn 		Conway, AR
F 33 Mahogany Chandler-Robnets 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Benson Tech Portland, OR
C 35 Khyala Ngodu 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Dillard Fort Lauderdale, FL
G 42 Leah Harmon 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So IMG Academy
Miami (FL) 		Paterson, NJ
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 28, 2025*
7:00 p.m. 		Edward Waters W 66–55 
 13 – Tied   9 – Ngodu   4 – Harmon  Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, FL
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Bethune–Cookman W 75–36  1–0
  14 – Harmon   7 – Bracey   4 – Tied  Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, FL
November 9, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Charlotte L 64–66  1–1
  17 – Harmon   7 – Ngodu   5 – Harmon  Addition Financial Arena (973)
Orlando, FL
November 18, 2025*
11:00 a.m., ESPN+ 		FIU W 79–61  2–1
  17 – Bracey   9 – Chandler-Roberts   5 – Harmon  Addition Financial Arena (1,357)
Orlando, FL
November 21, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Charlotte W 76–59  3–1
  15 – Harmon   8 – Gibson   3 – Harmon, Ayson  Addition Financial Arena (1,074)
Orlando, FL
November 24, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		South Carolina State W 94–49  4–1
  17 – Harmon   7 – Tied   3 – Yancy  Addition Financial Arena (1,119)
Orlando, FL
November 26, 2025*
11:00 a.m., FloCollege 		vs. East Carolina
Puerto Rico Shootout 		W 75–61  5–1
  20 – Ngodu   10 – Scott   6 – Harmon  Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (250)
San Juan, PR
November 27, 2025*
12:30 p.m., FloCollege 		vs. Wake Forest
Puerto Rico Shootout 		L 80–85 OT 5–2
  21 – Ngodu   13 – Ngodu   5 – Harmon  Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (250)
San Juan, PR
November 28, 2025*
3:00 p.m., FloCollege 		vs. Rice
Puerto Rico Shootout 		W 57–56  6–2
  27 – Harmon   8 – Chandler-Roberts   4 – Bracey  Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (250)
San Juan, PR
December 3, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Stetson L 67–70  6–3
  19 – Harmon   8 – Scott   5 – Yancy  Addition Financial Arena (1,021)
Orlando, FL
December 7, 2025*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Delaware State W 74–46  7–3
  11 – Tied   7 – Gibson   2 – Tied  Addition Financial Arena (1,236)
Orlando, FL
December 14, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Morgan State W 78–56  8–3
  17 – Tied   8 – Ngodu   3 – Tied  Addition Financial Arena (1,019)
Orlando, FL
Big 12 regular season
December 20, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		BYU L 50–71  8–4
(0–1) 		 16 – Harmon   7 – Ngodu   3 – Yancy  Addition Financial Arena (1,011)
Orlando, FL
December 31, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at No. 21 Texas Tech L 55–73  8–5
(0–2) 		 15 – Harmon   9 – Chandler-Roberts   3 – Tied  United Supermarkets Arena (5,226)
Lubbock, TX
January 4, 2026
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Kansas L 68–83  8–6
(0–3) 		 38 – Harmon   7 – Chandler-Roberts   2 – Tied  Addition Financial Arena (1,075)
Orlando, FL
January 7, 2026
8:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Arizona State L 45–68  8–7
(0–4) 		 8 – Yancy   5 – Tied   3 – Tied  Desert Financial Arena (2,422)
Tempe, AZ
January 10, 2026
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Arizona W 58–55  9–7
(1–4) 		 22 – Ngodu   13 – Ngodu   5 – Ngodu  McKale Center (5,426)
Tucson, AZ
January 14, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Cincinnati L 59–63 OT 9–8
(1–5) 		 29 – Harmon   11 – Ngodu   3 – Yancy  Addition Financial Arena (1,076)
Orlando, FL
January 18, 2026
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Colorado W 74–68  10–8
(2–5) 		 25 – Yancy   6 – Tied   3 – Tied  Addition Financial Arena (1,156)
Orlando, FL
January 21, 2026
8:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at No. 14 Baylor L 48–73  10–9
(2–6) 		 11 – Ngodu   12 – Ngodu   2 – Tied  Foster Pavilion (3,192)
Waco, TX
January 24, 2026
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 9 TCU L 50–67  10–10
(2–7) 		 17 – Chandler-Roberts   9 – Yancy   2 – Tied  Addition Financial Arena (1,256)
Orlando, FL
January 31, 2026
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Iowa State L 52–65  10–11
(2–8) 		 16 – Bracey   11 – Ngodu   2 – Yancy  Hilton Coliseum (10,125)
Ames, IA
February 4, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Utah L 57–67  10–12
(2–9) 		 15 – Ayson   9 – Yancy   4 – Yancy  Addition Financial Arena (1,053)
Orlando, FL
February 7, 2026
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Oklahoma State L 58–81  10–13
(2–10) 		 12 – Tied   10 – Chandler-Roberts   3 – Chandler-Roberts  Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,678)
Stillwater, OK
February 11, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at No. 19 West Virginia L 56–106  10–14
(2–11) 		 12 – Chandler-Roberts   7 – Chandler-Roberts   3 – Ayson  Hope Coliseum (3,011)
Morgantown, WV
February 15, 2026
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 12 Baylor L 63–93  10–15
(2–12) 		 16 – Bankhead   6 – Ngodu   5 – Ayson  Addition Financial Arena (1,329)
Orlando, FL
February 18, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Kansas State L 67–93  10–16
(2–13) 		 22 – Cox   6 – Chandler-Roberts   3 – Tied  Addition Financial Arena (1,059)
Orlando, FL
February 21, 2026
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Cincinnati L 60–73  10–17
(2–14) 		 19 – Chandler-Roberts   7 – Tied   4 – Tied  Fifth Third Arena (2,887)
Cincinnati, OH
February 25, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 17 West Virginia L 62–74  10–18
(2–15) 		 21 – Ngodu   9 – Ngodu   4 – Ayson  Addition Financial Arena (1,789)
Orlando, FL
March 1, 2026
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Houston W 72–62  11–18
(3–15) 		 20 – Ngodu   11 – Chandler-Roberts   4 – Bracey  Fertitta Center (1,103)
Houston, TX
Big 12 Conference tournament
March 4, 2026
9:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(14) vs. (11) Kansas
First Round 		L 35–56  11–19
  10 – Bracey   10 – Ngodu   2 – Bracey  T-Mobile Center (4,144)
Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Source:[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Blouin, Drew (July 16, 2025). "Ranking All 16 Women's Big 12 Transfer Classes". Hoops HQ. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  2. ^ VanHoose, Jenna (May 7, 2025). "Women's Hoops Adds Five to 2025-26 Signing Class". ucfknights.com. University of Central Florida Athletics. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  3. ^ "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". UCF Athletics. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
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