GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Interstat) — UCF will visit Florida in women’s NCAA Division I basketball Thursday at the O’Connell Center, with both programs carrying 1-0 records into the early-season meeting. The Knights are coming off an 85-56 home win over Florida A&M, while the Gators opened with an 83-60 home victory over Bucknell. The Knights will be the visiting team, and the Gators will be the home team in Gainesville. The matchup is part of the early nonconference schedule for both teams. Both teams are seeking a 2-0 start.

UCF’s Key Roseby is the player to watch for the Knights. In the win over Florida A&M, Roseby finished with 22 points, six rebounds and three assists in 27 minutes. Caitlyn Jones added 13 points, four rebounds, five assists and one block in 17 minutes, and Jasmynne Gibson contributed five points, eight rebounds and two assists in 20 minutes. The Knights will look to carry that balanced production into a road test against Florida. Roseby’s scoring, rebounding and playmaking give UCF a clear focal point in the matchup.

Florida counters with Kiyomi McMiller, who opened the season with 31 points, six rebounds and five assists in 35 minutes against Bucknell. Vanessa Harris added 26 points, six rebounds and one assist in 33 minutes, while Aurora Almón pulled down 10 rebounds to go with four points and one assist in 21 minutes. The Gators will seek to maintain their scoring momentum at home. McMiller’s ability to create offense and Harris’s complementary scoring give Florida multiple options in the backcourt. Florida’s opener also showed overall balance from its guard rotation and frontcourt rebounding.

The game presents an early test for both teams as they move through nonconference play. UCF will aim to build on its opening victory and find consistent offense on the road. Florida will try to protect its home court and continue the form that produced a convincing season-opening win. The matchup also offers a look at two productive guards in Roseby and McMiller, each of whom opened the season with a strong scoring performance.

UCF’s upcoming slate includes home games against South Alabama, Austin Peay, Le Moyne, LeMoyne-Owen, North Florida, Stetson and Jacksonville, along with road and neutral-site contests against Florida State, Charlotte and Central Michigan. Florida’s schedule includes a road game at Chattanooga, home games against South Florida, Florida Atlantic, Miami (FL), North Florida, Bethune-Cookman and Norfolk State, plus road and neutral-site matchups against Florida State, West Virginia and Davidson. But the focus remains on the meeting Thursday in Gainesville.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Florida 67, UCF 58.