2017–18 UCF Knights women's basketball team

The 2017–18 UCF Knights women's basketball team represented the University of Central Florida during the 2017–18 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 41st season of basketball, were led by second-year head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, and played their home games at the CFE Arena on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida. They finished the season 22–11, 12–4 in AAC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic women's tournament, where they lost to South Florida. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitational Tournament, where they defeated Jacksonville in the first round before losing to Alabama in the second round.

2017–18 UCF Knights women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	22–11 (12–4 The American)
Head coach	Katie Abrahamson-Henderson (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Tahnee Balerio Isoken Uzamere Nykesha Sales
Home arena	CFE Arena

2017–18 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	16	–	0		1.000			36	–	1		.973
No. 19 South Florida	13	–	3		.813			26	–	8		.765
UCF	12	–	4		.750			22	–	11		.667
Cincinnati	10	–	6		.625			19	–	13		.594
Houston	9	–	7		.563			20	–	12		.625
Wichita State	9	–	7		.563			14	–	17		.452
East Carolina	7	–	9		.438			16	–	15		.516
Tulane	5	–	11		.313			14	–	17		.452
Memphis	5	–	11		.313			10	–	20		.333
SMU	4	–	12		.250			10	–	20		.333
Temple	3	–	13		.188			12	–	19		.387
Tulsa	3	–	13		.188			10	–	21		.323
† 2018 American Tournament winner As of 30 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

Media

All UCF games will have an audio or video broadcast available. For conference play, UCF games will typically be available on ESPN3, AAC Digital, or UCF Knights All-Access. Road games not on ESPN3 or AAC Digital will have an audio broadcast available on the UCF Portal. All non-conference home games will be streamed exclusively on UCF Knights All-Access. Select non-conference road games will have a stream available through the opponents website. The audio broadcast for home games will only be available through UCF Knights All-Access.

Roster

2017–18 UCF Knights women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Sianni Martin  5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Neumann Goretti HS Towson Philadelphia, PA G 1 Anna Kelly  5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Lexington HS Fordham Lexington, MA G 2 Korneila Wright 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Jones HS Orlando, FL G 3 Zakiya Saunders 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Carthage Central HS Albany Augusta, GA F 4 Masseny Kaba 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Cathedral HS Dorchester, MA G 11 Kayla Thingpen 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Palm Beach Lakes HS West Palm Beach, FL F 12 Nyala Shuler 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Edgewater HS Orlando, FL G 21 Sydnee McDonald 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Flint Carman-Ainsworth HS Chipola College Flint, MI G 22 Aliyah Gregory 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Strawberry Crest Tampa, FL G 23 Lawriell Wilson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Warren Easton Charter Tallahassee CC Kenner, LA F 24 Fifi Ndour 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Montverde Academy Dakar, Senegal F 25 Tolulope Omokore 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Eleanor Roosevelt HS Greenbelt, MD G 30 Delphine Robitaille 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Cégep Édouard-Montpetit Montreal, QC G 33 Jamesha Paul 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Dillard HS Pompano Beach, FL F 34 Ruona Uwusiaba 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Southwest Dekalb Zaiaro Otor-Owhe, Nigeria	Head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson (Iowa) Assistant coach(es) Tahnee Balerio (Missouri State) Isoken Uzamere (Hofstra) Nykesha Sales (Connecticut) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: October 31, 2017

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 5:30 pm		Mercer	L 64–73	0–1	CFE Arena (3,574) Orlando, FL
11/13/2017* 6:30 pm		at Chattanooga	W 58–57	1–1	McKenzie Arena (1,534) Chattanooga, TN
11/17/2017* 7:00 pm		at Gardner-Webb	W 65–30	2–1	Paul Porter Arena (842) Boiling Springs, NC
11/19/2017* 6:30 pm, ACCN Extra		at Virginia Tech	L 69–86	2–2	Cassell Coliseum (2,166) Blacksburg, VA
11/22/2017* 2:00 pm		Elon	L 57–71	2–3	CFE Arena (2,332) Orlando, FL
11/25/2017* 2:30 pm		IUPUI UCF Thanksgiving Classic	W 63–59	3–3	CFE Arena (2,807) Orlando, FL
11/26/2017* 1:30 pm		Northern Iowa UCF Thanksgiving Classic	W 53–43	4–3	CFE Arena (2,755) Orlando, FL
11/30/2017* 7:00 pm		at Samford	L 51–58	4–4	Pete Hanna Center (207) Birmingham, AL
12/10/2017* 2:00 pm		Georgia Southern	W 62–38	5–4	CFE Arena (2,868) Orlando, FL
12/13/2017* 7:00 pm		at Boston University	W 47–32	6–4	Case Gym (301) Boston, MA
12/17/2017* 7:00 pm		at UC Davis	W 62–55	7–4	The Pavilion (710) Davis, CA
12/20/2017* 8:00 pm		at Pacific	L 74–78 OT	7–5	Alex G. Spanos Center (238) Stockton, CA
12/28/2017* 2:00 pm		Davidson	W 62–54	8–5	CFE Arena (3,035) Orlando, FL
AAC regular season
12/30/2017 2:00 pm		Temple	W 76–46	9–5 (1–0)	CFE Arena (2,789) Orlando, FL
01/03/2018 8:00 pm		at SMU	W 60–42	10–5 (2–0)	Moody Coliseum (850) Dallas, TX
01/06/2018 2:00 pm, ADN		Wichita State	W 59–53	11–5 (3–0)	CFE Arena (3,385) Orlando, FL
01/09/2018 7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3		at No. 1 Connecticut	L 44–80	11–6 (3–1)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (5,482) Storrs, CT
01/14/2018 12:00 pm, ESPNU		at South Florida Rivalry	L 45–62	11–7 (3–2)	USF Sun Dome (2,370) Tampa, FL
01/17/2018 7:00 pm, ADN		Tulane	W 59–51	12–7 (4–2)	CFE Arena (3,107) Orlando, FL
01/20/2018 2:00 pm, ADN		SMU	W 58–43	13–7 (5–2)	CFE Arena (3,176) Orlando, FL
01/27/2018 2:00 pm, ADN		at Tulsa	W 47–44	14–7 (6–2)	Reynolds Center (317) Tulsa, OK
01/30/2018 7:00 pm		at Cincinnati	W 50–38	15–7 (7–2)	St. Ursula Academy Gymnasium (353) Cincinnati, OH
02/03/2018 2:00 pm		Memphis	W 61–41	16–7 (8–2)	CFE Arena (3,388) Orlando, FL
02/07/2018 7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3		No. 1 Connecticut	L 37–55	16–8 (8–3)	CFE Arena (6,155) Orlando, FL
02/10/2018 2:00 pm, ADN		at Temple	W 64–57	17–8 (9–3)	McGonigle Hall (1,211) Philadelphia, PA
02/18/2018 12:00 pm, CBSSN		No. 22 South Florida Rivalry	L 68–77 OT	17–9 (9–4)	CFE Arena (3,550) Orlando, FL
02/21/2018 8:00 pm, ADN		at Memphis	W 63–40	18–9 (10–4)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (391) Memphis, TN
02/24/2018 1:00 pm, ADN		at Houston	W 64–59	19–9 (11–4)	H&PE Arena (1,099) Houston, TX
02/26/2018 7:00 pm		East Carolina	W 75–54	20–9 (12–4)	CFE Arena (3,339) Orlando, FL
AAC Women's Tournament
03/04/2018 12:00 pm, ESPN3	(3)	vs. (11) Temple Quarterfinals	W 77–70	21–9	Mohegan Sun Arena (3,392) Uncasville, CT
03/05/2018 4:30 pm, ESPNU	(3)	vs. (2) No. 19 South Florida Semifinals	L 59–74	21–10	Mohegan Sun Arena (6,033) Uncasville, CT
WNIT
03/14/2018* 6:00 pm		Jacksonville First Round	W 65–60 OT	22–10	CFE Arena (493) Orlando, FL
03/18/2018* 3:00 pm		at Alabama Second Round	L 61–80	22–11	Coleman Coliseum (321) Tuscaloosa, AL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP																				N/A
Coaches																RV			RV

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2017–18 UCF Knights men's basketball team

External links

• Official Team Website