UCF Women's Basketball 2017 NIT Tournament Capsule

 

UCF Knights

American (20-11, 9-7)

 
Big Wins: 2/14 at South Florida (66-62), 2/22 at Tulane (56-51), 2/25 SMU (63-37)
Bad Losses: 1/4 at Cincinnati (57-63), 1/7 Memphis (62-65), 1/21 Tulsa (62-73)
Coach: Katie Abrahamson-Henderson
 
Probable Starters:
Aliyah Gregory, Junior, Guard, 16.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg
Zykira Lewis, Senior, Guard, 15.7 ppg, 2.0 apg
Korneila Wright, Freshman, Guard, 4.8 ppg, 3.8 apg
Tolulope Omokore, Sophomore, Forward, 7.4 ppg, 6.2 rpg
Joslyn Massey, Senior, Forward, 6.3 ppg, 6.9 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Nyala Shuler, Sophomore, Guard, 2.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg
Fifi Ndour, Junior, Forward, 7.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 64.1 (176th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 55.6 (17, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.8 (99, 4)               
Field-Goal Defense: 38.5 (110, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 3.0 (341, 11)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 29.0 (280, 9)
Free-Throw Percentage: 62.8 (320, 10)
Rebound Margin: 9.8 (7, 1)
Assists Per Game: 11.4 (281, 11)
Turnovers Per Game: 17.2 (260, 8)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
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
 
*all team stats through 3/2