STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford will face Ohio State in the Invisalign® Bay Area Women’s Classic at Chase Center in San Francisco on Friday, Dec. 20, the venue announced Monday.
The Cardinal’s game against the Buckeyes is part of a doubleheader that also includes Creighton and UCLA. Both games will be televised by FOX Sports. Game times will be announced at a later date.
Stanford will make its return to Chase Center five years after playing in the first college basketball game at the state-of-the-art arena. The Cardinal beat San Francisco at the facility on November 9, 2019, 97-71.
In 2024-25, head coach Kate Paye will lead Stanford into its first year in the ACC with a roster that returns two starters and nine letterwinners to a squad that went 30-6 last season and finished ranked ninth in the country. A two-time WBCA Assistant Coach of the Year during 17 seasons on Tara VanDerveer’s staff, Paye was hired to lead her alma mater on April 16 following VanDerveer’s retirement.
In addition to its nine returners, the Cardinal adds five newcomers, three nationally-ranked freshmen in Shay Ijiwoye (ESPN HoopGurlz No. 53), Harper Peterson (No. 87) and Kennedy Umeh (No. 44), and a pair of transfers in Tess Heal, the 2023 West Coast Conference Newcomer of the Year at Santa Clara, and Mary Ashley Stevenson, the 2024 Big Ten Media Freshman of the Year at Purdue.
The Invisalign® Bay Area Classic will be a single-admission doubleheader, and each fan will only need to purchase one ticket to gain admission for both games. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, August 6, at noon PT with an exclusive presale event for Golden State Valkyries season ticket deposit holders. On Wednesday, August 7, Chase Center Insiders will have presale access beginning at 10 a.m. PT before tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday, August 8, at 10 a.m. PT. Tickets can be purchased at chasecenter.com.