Chase Center to Host the Invisalign Bay Area Women's Classic on Dec. 20, 2024
Chase Center announced today that the venue will host the Invisalign® Bay Area Women’s Classic on Friday, December 20, 2024. The women’s college basketball doubleheader will feature Stanford University facing Ohio State University, followed by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) taking on Creighton University. Both games will be televised by FOX Sports. Game times will be announced at a later date.
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 12 p.m. 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. before tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday, August 8, at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased here.
The Stanford Cardinal returns to Chase Center five years after its 97-71 victory over the University of San Francisco in 2019. Ahead of the 2024-25 season, the Cardinal has returned nine players and added transfers 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. Head Coach Kate Paye guides Stanford into its inaugural ACC season. Formerly a two-time WBCA Assistant Coach of the Year under Tara VanDerveer, Paye leads a team that compiled a 30-6 record last season and ended the season ranked ninth nationally.
Heading into the 2024-25 season, the Ohio State Buckeyes have a new look with seven newcomers joining former Big Ten Freshman of the Year Cotie McMahon as well as All-Big Ten honoree Taylor Thierry, as the duo was second and third scoring on the team last season and served as the team’s top two rebounders. During the 2023-24 season, Ohio State had 15 consecutive Big Ten wins, going undefeated in January and February, marking the program’s second-longest conference winning streak. Head Coach Kevin McGuff, entering his 12th season with the team, was named Big Ten Coach of the Year by both the conference's coaches and media.
UCLA enjoyed a historic 2023-24 season, highlighted by the program’s first ever victory over UConn, a nine-week run at No.2 in the AP Top 25, and a +13.9 rebounding margin, the best in the nation. The Bruins see the return of All-Pac-12 duo Kiki Rice and Lauren Betts and add incoming transfer Timea Gardiner, who was the Pac-12 Sixth Player of the Year for the 2023-24 campaign. Under Head Coach Cori Close, the Bruins have made back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances and have been to seven of the last eight NCAA Tournaments. Close boasts an all-time record of 287-140, trailing only UCLA legend Billie Moore (296-181)in the all-time wins category as she enters her 14th season at the helm of the Bruins.
Creighton University will travel to the Bay Area coming off its most successful run ever, earning three straight NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time in program history. The highlight of their past few seasons came in 2022 as Creighton advanced to the Elite Eight, victorious over Colorado, Iowa, and Iowa State during the 2022 Tournament. The Bluejays see the return of veteran starters Mallory Brake, Lauren Jensen, Morgan Maly and Molly Mogensen, each of whom played a key role in the Bluejays’ successful run. Head Coach Jim Flanery enters his 23rd season at Creighton and is the school’s all-time victory leader.
Align Technology, makers of the Invisalign System of clear aligners, will partner to bring the Invisalign® Bay Area Classic to Chase Center for an event that will bring smiles and competitive play from elite athletes
About Chase Center
Chase Center is an award-winning 18,064-seat sports and entertainment arena in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood that is home to the seven-time NBA champion Golden State Warriors, the WNBA’s Golden State Valkyries, and hosts a variety of concerts, family shows and special performances. Easily accessible by foot, bicycle or mass transit, Chase Center anchors Thrive City—a privately financed, multipurpose complex consisting of 3.2 acres of publicly accessible plazas and unique restaurant and retail locations, in addition to year-round health and wellness programming such as yoga sessions, farmer’s markets and much more.
About Align Technology, Inc.
Align Technology designs and manufactures the Invisalign® System, the most advanced clear aligner system in the world, iTero™ intraoral scanners and services, and exocad™ CAD/CAM software. These technology building blocks enable enhanced digital orthodontic and restorative workflows to improve patient outcomes and practice efficiencies for over 266 thousand doctor customers and are key to accessing Align’s 600 million consumer market opportunity worldwide. Over the past 27 years, Align has helped doctors treat over 18.2 million patients with the Invisalign System and is driving the evolution in digital dentistry through the Align™ Digital Platform, our integrated suite of unique, proprietary technologies and services delivered as a seamless, end-to-end solution for patients and consumers, orthodontists and GP dentists, and lab/partners. Visit aligntech.com for more information. For additional information about the Invisalign System or to find an Invisalign doctor in your area, please visit invisalign.com. For additional information about the iTero digital scanning system, please visit itero.com. For additional information about exocad dental CAD/CAM offerings and a list of exocad reseller partners, please visit exocad.com. Invisalign, iTero, exocad, Align, Align Digital Platform and iTero Lumina are trademarks of Align Technology, Inc.
