UCF Women's Basketball: Lazo's Core Returns

0:00On April 29th, UCF Knights' Women's Basketball, under new head coach Gabe Laso, aimed in a full roster wipeout for the 2026. 27th season, they dropped the news on social media this week, confirmed in three returners from last year's squad to build around. First up, Fullward Mahogany Chandler. Roberts is back for her junior year. The Portland native started all 30 games last season at Power Forward, who have in 5.5 rebounds per game to rank 21st in the big. 12th, she also averaged 7.7 points in 20 blocks, making her the lone holdover from the start in five. Meanwhile, Orlando's own Jasmine Gibson is staying home in the front court. The transfer from North Florida played 20 games off the bench, despite injuries, averaging 3.5 points and 3.8 rebounds. In 14 minutes of pop, her return reunites her with assistant coach Sydney McCaskill, who recruited her back in high school. Then their Swedish guard Felicia Schirlander,

1:00sticking around as the only returning back court player from the previous era. She saw 12 games off the bench for 90 total minutes, scoring 1.2 per game after joining fresh from Sweden's youth national team. These three give Laso a solid core to mix with transfers like Salome Boyomo and Candice Capetacoo, setting up battles for starting spots while the roster keeps shaping up this offseason.