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 Previousschool 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 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)

Recruiting There was no recruiting class of 2025.

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=10 style=""| Non-conference regular season

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See also 2025–26 UCF Knights men's basketball team

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