UCF Women’s Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 5, 2021 · CSM Staff
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:
| 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 3/4
