2024–25 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

2024–25 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
2024–25 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	2–0 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Kate Paye (1st season);
Associate head coach	Tempie Brown (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Katy Steding (5th season); Heather Oesterle (1st season); Erica McCall (2nd season); Jeanette Pholen (1st season);
Home arena	Maples Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team will represent Stanford University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal will be led by first-year head coach Kate Paye and will play their home games at Maples Pavilion in Stanford, California. They will compete as first year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1]

2024–25 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
California	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	1.000
Boston College	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Clemson	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
No. 11 Duke	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Georgia Tech	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
No. 15 North Carolina	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Pittsburgh	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Stanford	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Wake Forest	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Miami (FL)	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 9 NC State	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 6 Notre Dame	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Syracuse	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Virginia Tech	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 19 Florida State	0	–	0	–	1	–	1	.500
No. 17 Louisville	0	–	0	–	1	–	1	.500
SMU	0	–	0	–	1	–	1	.500
Virginia	0	–	0	–	1	–	1	.500

† 2025 ACC tournament winner As of November 9, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Cardinal the season at 30–6, 15–3 in Pac-12 play to win the regular season championship. As a No. 1 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament, they defeated California in the quarterfinals and Oregon State in the semifinals before losing to USC in the championship. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 2 seed in the Portland regional 4 bracket where they defeated Norfolk State and Iowa State in the first and second rounds before losing to NC State in the Sweet Sixteen.

After the season's conclusion, VanDerveer announced her retirement, making this her 38th and final season as Stanford head coach. This was also the team's final season in the Pac-12, as they will move to the Atlantic Coast Conference beginning on August 1, 2024.^[2]

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Num.	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Cameron Brink	22	F	6'4"	Senior	Beaverton, Oregon	Graduated; drafted 2nd overall in the 2024 WNBA draft^[3]
Hannah Jump	33	G	6'0"	Graduate Student	San Jose, California	Graduated
Kiki Iriafen	44	F	6'3"	Junior	Los Angeles, California	Transferred to USC^[4]

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Num.	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Mary Ashley Stevenson	22	F	6'2"	Sophomore	New York City, New York	Purdue^[5]
Tess Heal	34	G	5'10"	Junior	Melbourne, Australia	Santa Clara^[6]

Recruiting

Source:^[7]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Shay Ijiwoye PG	Phoenix, Arizona	Desert Vista	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	N/A	Oct 17, 2023
Shay Ijiwoye PG	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94
Kennedy Ume F	Columbia, Maryland	McDonogh	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	N/A	Aug 19, 2023
Kennedy Ume F	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94
Harper Peterson F	Rocklin, California	Whitney	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	Nov 20, 2023
Harper Peterson F	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 92
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Roster

2024–25 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	3	Nunu Agara	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Hopkins	Minnetonka, MN
G	6	Shay Ijiwoye	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Desert Vista	Phoenix, AZ
G	10	Talana Lepolo	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Carondelet	Alameda, CA
G	13	Chloe Clardy	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Conway	Conway, AR
F	15	Harper Patterson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Whitney	Rocklin, CA
G	20	Elena Bosgana	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	American Community	Athens, Greece
F	21	Brooke Demetre	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Mater Dei	Foothill Ranch, CA
F	22	Mary Ashley Stevenson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Dalton Purdue	New York, NY
G	24	Stavi Papadaki	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	2nd EPAL Chanion	Chania, Greece
G	31	Lauren Green	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Castro Valley	Castro Valley, CA
G	32	Jzaniya Harriel	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Jr	Antelope	Sacramento, CA
G	34	Tess Heal	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Lowther Hall Santa Clara	Melbourne, Australia
F	40	Courtney Ogden	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Westminster School	Atlanta, GA
C	45	Kennedy Umeh	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	McDonogh	Columbia, MD

Head coach

Kate Paye (Stanford)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 30, 2024

Schedule and results

Source:^[8]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2024* 7:00 p.m.	Cal State LA	W 91–70	—	25 – Agara	13 – Agara	5 – Agara	Maples Pavilion (2,197) Stanford, CA
Regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Le Moyne	W 107–43	1–0	24 – Harriel	10 – Stevenson	5 – Stevenson	Maples Pavilion (2,887) Stanford, CA
November 7, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Washington State	W 94–65	2–0	19 – Bosgana	8 – Agara	4 – Agara	Maples Pavilion (2,428) Stanford, CA
November 10, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN2	Gonzaga						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
November 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	UC Davis						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
November 17, 2024* 11:00 a.m., FS1	at Indiana						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
November 22, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Morgan State						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
November 25, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Cal Poly						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
November 29, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	UC San Diego						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
December 5, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	at LSU ACC–SEC Challenge						Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
December 13, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at California						Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
December 16, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX	UTSA						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
December 20, 2024* 5:30 p.m., FS1	vs. Ohio State Invisalign Bay Area Women's Classic						Chase Center San Francisco, CA
January 2, 2025 5:00 p.m., ACCN	at SMU						Moody Coliseum University Park, TX
January 5, 2025 11:00 a.m., The CW	at Clemson						Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
January 9, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Florida State						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
January 12, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN	NC State						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
January 16, 2025 3:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Wake Forest						LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 19, 2025 TBA, ESPN/ESPN2	at Duke						Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 23, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	California						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
January 30, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Pittsburgh						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
February 2, 2025 12:00 p.m., The CW	North Carolina						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
February 8, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN	at Notre Dame						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
February 9, 2025 9:00 a.m., ESPN2	at Louisville						KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
February 13, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCN	Syracuse						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
February 16, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	Boston College						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
February 20, 2025 5:00 p.m., ACCN	at Virginia Tech						Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
February 23, 2025 3:00 p.m., ACCN	at Virginia						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
February 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Miami (FL)						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	Georgia Tech						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
ACC Women's Tournament
	vs.						Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in PST.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** — = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final
AP	RV
Coaches	—

References

^ "UC Berkeley To Join ACC For 2024-25 Academic Year". UC Berkeley. 2023-11-29. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
^ Wagoner, Nick (April 10, 2024). "Stanford's Tara VanDerveer on retirement: 'Just felt I'm ready'". ESPN. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
^ Borba, Kevin (April 15, 2024). "BREAKING: Stanford Cardinal star Cameron Brink taken by the LA Sparks with No. 2 pick in the WNBA Draft". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
^ Michael Voepel (April 27, 2024). "Kiki Iriafen, off breakout year at Stanford, to join USC". ESPN. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
^ Hanson, Ethan (May 14, 2024). "Former Purdue women's basketball star Mary Ashley Stevenson joins Stanford". Journal & Courier. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
^ Ingemi, Marisa (May 21, 2024). "How Tess Heal beat odds as rare Stanford basketball undergrad transfer". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
^ "Stanford Cardinal". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". gostanford.com. Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved August 30, 2024.

[1] "UC Berkeley To Join ACC For 2024-25 Academic Year". UC Berkeley. 2023-11-29. Retrieved September 1, 2023.

[2] Wagoner, Nick (April 10, 2024). "Stanford's Tara VanDerveer on retirement: 'Just felt I'm ready'". ESPN. Retrieved August 30, 2024.

[3] Borba, Kevin (April 15, 2024). "BREAKING: Stanford Cardinal star Cameron Brink taken by the LA Sparks with No. 2 pick in the WNBA Draft". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 15, 2024.

[4] Michael Voepel (April 27, 2024). "Kiki Iriafen, off breakout year at Stanford, to join USC". ESPN. Retrieved April 29, 2024.

[5] Hanson, Ethan (May 14, 2024). "Former Purdue women's basketball star Mary Ashley Stevenson joins Stanford". Journal & Courier. Retrieved August 30, 2024.

[6] Ingemi, Marisa (May 21, 2024). "How Tess Heal beat odds as rare Stanford basketball undergrad transfer". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 30, 2024.

[7] "Stanford Cardinal". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved August 30, 2024.

[8] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". gostanford.com. Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved August 30, 2024.

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