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	14–13 (6–10 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 →

2024–25 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Notre Dame	15	–	1	.938	24	–	3	.889
No. 13 NC State	14	–	2	.875	22	–	5	.815
No. 9 North Carolina	13	–	3	.813	25	–	4	.862
Florida State	12	–	4	.750	22	–	6	.786
No. 11 Duke	12	–	4	.750	21	–	7	.750
Louisville	12	–	4	.750	19	–	8	.704
California	10	–	6	.625	22	–	7	.759
No. 20 Georgia Tech	9	–	7	.563	21	–	7	.750
Virginia Tech	8	–	8	.500	17	–	10	.630
Stanford	6	–	10	.375	14	–	13	.519
Virginia	6	–	10	.375	14	–	14	.500
Clemson	6	–	10	.375	13	–	14	.481
Boston College	5	–	11	.313	14	–	15	.483
Miami (FL)	4	–	12	.250	14	–	13	.519
Pittsburgh	4	–	12	.250	12	–	17	.414
Syracuse	4	–	12	.250	10	–	17	.370
SMU	2	–	14	.125	10	–	18	.357
Wake Forest	2	–	14	.125	9	–	18	.333

† 2025 ACC tournament winner As of February 23, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll

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

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	L 63–67	8–5 (0–2)	20 – Bosgana	12 – Agara	3 – Tied	Moody Coliseum (1,446) University Park, TX
January 5, 2025 11:00 a.m., The CW		at Clemson	L 61–65 ^OT	8–6 (0–3)	18 – Agara	12 – Bosgana	2 – Tied	Littlejohn Coliseum (2,418) Clemson, SC
January 9, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Florida State	W 89–84	9–6 (1–3)	24 – Demetre	15 – Bosgana	6 – Bosgana	Maples Pavilion (2,660) Stanford, CA
January 12, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN		No. 21 NC State	L 67–81	9–7 (1–4)	17 – Clardy	10 – Agara	4 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (3,735) Stanford, CA
January 16, 2025 3:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Wake Forest	W 74–71	10–7 (2–4)	23 – Agara	7 – Agara	4 – Bosgana	LJVM Coliseum (926) Winston-Salem, NC
January 19, 2025 10:00 a.m., ESPN2		at No. 16 Duke	L 49–74	10–8 (2–5)	15 – Agara	10 – Agara	3 – Clardy	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,701) Durham, NC
January 23, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 22 California	L 72–75	10–9 (2–6)	22 – Clardy	6 – Agara	3 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (3,599) Stanford, CA
January 30, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Pittsburgh	W 58–46	11–9 (3–6)	14 – Tied	9 – Ogden	4 – Demetre	Maples Pavilion (2,807) Stanford, CA
February 2, 2025 12:00 p.m., The CW		No. 15 North Carolina	L 67–69	11–10 (3–7)	22 – Agara	14 – Agara	4 – Bosgana	Maples Pavilion (4,181) Stanford, CA
February 6, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN		at No. 3 Notre Dame	L 47–96	11–11 (3–8)	10 – Heal	9 – Umeh	2 – Tied	Purcell Pavilion (7,528) Notre Dame, IN
February 9, 2025 9:00 a.m., ESPN2		at Louisville	L 65–74	11–12 (3–9)	16 – Clardy	10 – Bosgana	3 – Demetre	KFC Yum! Center (8,281) Louisville, KY
February 13, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCN		Syracuse	W 79–58	12–12 (4–9)	18 – Bosgana	11 – Bosgana	12 – Clardy	Maples Pavilion (2,914) Stanford, CA
February 16, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Boston College	W 80–75	13–12 (5–9)	23 – Heal	8 – Tied	5 – Stevenson	Maples Pavilion (3,561) Stanford, CA
February 20, 2025 5:00 p.m., ACCN		at Virginia Tech	W 75–74 ^OT	14–12 (6–9)	30 – Clardy	7 – Tied	5 – Clardy	Cassell Coliseum (4,949) Blacksburg, VA
February 23, 2025 3:00 p.m., ACCN		at Virginia	L 69–89	14–13 (6–10)	17 – Ogden	8 – Ogden	8 – Ogden	John Paul Jones Arena (4,797) 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. November 29, 2023. 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. November 29, 2023. 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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