The 2022–23 UCF Knights women's basketball team represented the University of Central Florida during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Knights competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the American Athletic Conference (The American). The Knights, in the program's 46th season of basketball, were led by first-year head coach Sytia Messer, and played their home games at the Addition Financial Arena on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida.
This was the last season that UCF played in the American Athletic Conference before moving to the Big 12 Conference.
Previous season The Knights finished the 2021–22 season 22–3 and were American Athletic Conference champions at 14–1, winning the conference tournament and an automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Florida in the first round before losing to UConn in the second round.
Offseason Departures Due to COVID-19 disruptions throughout NCAA sports in 2020–21, the NCAA announced that the 2020–21 season would not count against the athletic eligibility of any individual involved in an NCAA winter sport, including women's basketball. This meant that all seniors in 2020–21 had the option to return for 2021–22.
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Tay Sanders 1 G 6'1" Senior Bartow, FL Graduated Diamond Battles 3 G 5'8" Senior Winter Haven, FL Graduate transferred to Georgia Masseny Kaba 5 F 6'3" Senior Dorchester, MA Graduated/went undrafted in 2022 NBA draft; signed with the Chicago Sky Becca Ripley 11 G 6'0" Senior Stratham, NH Graduated Alisha Lewis 23 G 5'7" Junior Wallingford, PA Transferred to Georgia Jnaya Walker 24 F 6'1" Senior Bolingbrook, IL Graduate transferred to Central Michigan Ahna Burney 25 G 5'8" Junior Vancouver, WA TBD Neila Luma 30 F 6'0" Senior Macungie, PA Graduated Shania Meertens 31 G 5'8" Senior Winter Springs, FL Graduated Brittney Smith 32 F 6'3" Senior Orlando, FL Graduate transferred to Georgia Savannah Henderson G 6'1" Freshman Orlando, FL Transferred to Georgia
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previousschool Mya Burns 10 G 6'0" Senior North Augusta, GA Georgia Southern Rachel Ranke 12 G 6'1" GS senior Burnsville, MN Kansas State Taylor Gibson 15 F 6'2" Sophomore Upper Marlboro, MD Michigan Anzhane' Hutton 23 F 6'0" Junior Dallas, TX Howard Ashley Foster 24 G 5'8" Senior McDonough, GA Georgia State Morgan Robinson-Nwagwu 30 G 5'8" Senior Norcross, GA Gulf Coast State College
Recruiting There was no recruiting class of 2022.
Roster
Schedule and results
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! colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
! colspan=12 style=| AAC regular season
! colspan=12 style=| AAC Women's Tournament
Rankings
*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll.
See also 2022–23 UCF Knights men's basketball team
References
External links Official team website