UCF Women's Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

UCF Knights

American (16-4, 11-2)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/4 at LSU (58-48), 1/23 at Houston (50-38), 3/4 South Florida (58-45)
Bad Losses: 12/13 FGCU (57-70), 1/9 at Temple (58-61), 3/2 at South Florida (62-65)
Coach: Katie Abrahamson-Henderson
 
Probable Starters:
Courtajia Sanders, Senior, Guard, 10.5 ppg, 1.6 apg, 4.9 rpg
Diamond Battles, Junior, Guard, 10.3 ppg, 3.8 apg
Alisha Lewis, Sophomore, Guard, 9.5 ppg, 3.2 apg
Brittney Smith, Junior, Forward, 9.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg
Masseny Kaba,Senior, Forward, 8.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Ahna Burney, Sophomore, Guard, 2.7 ppg
Destiny Thomas, Sophomore, Forward, 2.7 ppg, 4.4 rpg
Kiera Brown, Freshman, Guard, 1.9 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 58.4 (281st in nation, 9th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 50.1 (2, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.4 (119, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 33.3 (4, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 3.6 (322, 11)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.4 (43, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 67.0 (233, 6)
Rebound Margin: 3.8 (73, 3)
Assists Per Game: 13.0 (162, 7)
Turnovers Per Game: 18.2 (282, 8)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2019NCAAFirst Round loss to Arizona State
2018NITFirst Round win over Jacksonville
2018NITSecond Round loss to Alabama
2017NITFirst Round win over Colorado
2017NITSecond Round win over Illinois State
2017NITThird Round win over Illinois
2011NCAARound of 64 loss to Ohio State
2009NCAARound of 64 loss to North Carolina
1999NCAARound of 64 loss to Louisiana Tech
1996NCAARound of 64 loss to Louisiana Tech
2017NITSemifinal loss to TCU
 
*all team stats through 3/4