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	8–4 (0–1 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
No. 13 Georgia Tech	1	–	0	1.000	13	–	0	1.000
No. 21 California	1	–	0	1.000	13	–	1	.929
Miami (FL)	1	–	0	1.000	11	–	1	.917
Florida State	1	–	0	1.000	11	–	2	.846
No. 3 Notre Dame	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
No. 14 Duke	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	3	.769
No. 22 NC State	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	3	.750
Boston College	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	4	.714
Clemson	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	4	.667
No. 17 North Carolina	0	–	1	.000	12	–	2	.857
Virginia Tech	0	–	1	.000	9	–	3	.750
Stanford	0	–	1	.000	8	–	4	.667
SMU	0	–	1	.000	8	–	5	.615
Virginia	0	–	1	.000	8	–	5	.615
Louisville	0	–	1	.000	7	–	5	.583
Wake Forest	0	–	1	.000	7	–	5	.583
Pittsburgh	0	–	1	.000	8	–	6	.571
Syracuse	0	–	1	.000	6	–	6	.500

† 2025 ACC tournament winner As of December 22, 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]

College recruiting information
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	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	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	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	Rank^#	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	W 89–58	3–0	16 – Agara	9 – Agara	3 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (3,865) Stanford, CA
November 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 24	UC Davis	W 69–56	4–0	25 – Agara	10 – Agara	2 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (2,499) Stanford, CA
November 17, 2024* 11:00 a.m., FS1	No. 24	at Indiana	L 66–79	4–1	15 – Agara	7 – Demetre	4 – Agara	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (10,351) Bloomington, IN
November 22, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Morgan State	W 91–49	5–1	15 – Demetre	10 – Umeh	6 – Bosgana	Maples Pavilion (2,540) Stanford, CA
November 25, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Cal Poly	W 81–45	6–1	17 – Demetre	7 – Tied	3 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (2,733) Stanford, CA
November 29, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		UC San Diego	W 84–54	7–1	26 – Bosgana	6 – Tied	4 – Bosgana	Maples Pavilion (3,001) Stanford, CA
December 5, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN2		at No. 5 LSU ACC–SEC Challenge	L 88–94 ^OT	7–2	29 – Agara	13 – Agara	3 – Tied	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,317) Baton Rouge, LA
December 13, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at California	L 63–83	7–3 (0–1)	18 – Demetre	9 – Bosgana	4 – Agara	Haas Pavilion (3,189) Berkeley, CA
December 16, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX		UTSA	W 62–57	8–3	13 – Bosgana	11 – Bosgana	3 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (4,600) Stanford, CA
December 20, 2024* 5:30 p.m., FS1		vs. No. 11 Ohio State Invisalign Bay Area Women's Classic	L 59–84	8–4	17 – Agara	11 – Bosgana	2 – Heal	Chase Center (3,766) 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:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = 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	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—
Coaches	RV	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—

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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