UCF Women’s Basketball 2020 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

UCF Knights

American (20-10, 11-5)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/30 Central Michigan (64-58), 1/19 at South Florida (64-57), 2/15 Cincinnati (49-42)
Bad Losses: 11/9 at Belmont (37-72), 1/22 at Tulane (59-60), 1/29 at Temple (65-67)
Coach: Katie Abrahamson-Henderson
 
Probable Starters:
Kay Kay Wright, Senior, Guard, 17.4 ppg, 3.8 apg, 2.1 spg
Sianni Martin, Senior, Guard, 9.1 ppg, 1.3 apg
Courtajia Sanders, Junior, Guard, 4.3 ppg
Brittney Smith, Sophomore, Forward, 10.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg
Masseny Kaba, Junior, Forward, 8.4 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 1.0 bpg
 
Key Role Players:
Georgia Gayle, Junior, Guard, 6.4 ppg
Diamond Battles, Sophomore, Guard, 5.3 ppg, 3.2 apg
Jnaya Walker, Junior, Forward, 1.6 ppg, 2.6 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 64.4 (192nd in nation, 6th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 57.5 (39, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.7 (91, 3)  
Field-Goal Defense: 39.3 (145, 6)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.0 (312, 9)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.5 (35, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.9 (87, 3)
Rebound Margin: 3.4 (95, 5)
Assists Per Game: 11.9 (250, 10)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.9 (181, 4)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2019 NCAA First Round loss to Arizona State
2018 NIT First Round win over Jacksonville
2018 NIT Second Round loss to Alabama
2017 NIT First Round win over Colorado
2017 NIT Second Round win over Illinois State
2017 NIT Third Round win over Illinois
2011 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Ohio State
2009 NCAA Round of 64 loss to North Carolina
1999 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Louisiana Tech
1996 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Louisiana Tech
2017 NIT Semifinal loss to TCU
 
*all team stats through 3/5