<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3HsVDu_0vkv19Tt00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3HsVDu_0vkv19Tt00" width="1920" height="1080" ></figure>SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Highlighted by 14 home games, the Cal Poly women’s basketball program released its complete 2024-25 season schedule Thursday.This year’s schedule is made up of 10 non-conference games and 20 conference games. The non-conference schedule will pit the Mustangs against two teams who made the NCAA Tournament last season in Stanford and UCLA. They will also play another Power Four school in USC in that stretch.Fans will get their first chance to see the 2024-25 Mustangs when they start things off with an exhibition game at Mott Athletics Center on Oct. 30 against Sonoma State University for the annual 'Field Trip Game' at 11 a.m. which features thousands of local elementary school children who attend.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-dnt="True" data-theme="light">Putting in that summer work ??<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RideHigh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RideHigh</a><a href="https://t.co/4N44WUIgOS">pic.twitter.com/4N44WUIgOS</a>— Cal Poly WBB (@CalPolyWBB) <a href="https://twitter.com/CalPolyWBB/status/1826008539132989620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-dnt="True" data-theme="light">The girls are back in town and back to WORK! ??<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RideHigh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RideHigh</a><a href="https://t.co/0NnCxF0HEs">pic.twitter.com/0NnCxF0HEs</a>— Cal Poly WBB (@CalPolyWBB) <a href="https://twitter.com/CalPolyWBB/status/1813653087183413248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote>The official season opener will be Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. when the Mustangs host Division II UC Merced inside Mott Athletics Center. From there, they will embark on a three-game road stretch that sees them first go down to Los Angeles to face USC before heading out to play Montana State and Montana.Two consecutive home games follow that on Nov. 19 and Nov. 23 as the Mustangs host NAIA program Life Pacific before hosting Idaho out of the Big Sky. The Mustangs will then head north to face powerhouse Stanford Nov. 25 in Palo Alto for the third consecutive season.That then leads into to the Mustangs’ first two Big West games of the season. For the first time, the conference will have each team play two conference games in early December before going back to non-conference play the rest of the month. Cal Poly will host UC Davis Dec. 5 to open conference play before going down to face CSUN Dec. 7.The final three non-conference games will see the Mustangs go back down to Los Angeles to face UCLA Dec. 16 before hosting Seattle University Dec. 20 and rounding it out with a trip to Cedar City, Utah for a date with Southern Utah.The Mustangs will move back into conference play Jan. 2 with a trip to UC Irvine. Some of the notable conference home dates include Hawai’i Jan. 4, UC Irvine Jan. 18, UCSB Feb. 27, and Long Beach State the final home game of the season March 8.The Big West Championship will take place March 12-15 once again in Henderson, NV at Lee’s Family Forum.Third year head coach Shanele Stires leads a team that returns seven players, including three starters, from a team that won 17 games, had a top four finish in the Big West, and made the WNIT for the first time in 10 years. That includes Honorable Mention All-Big West honoree and last year’s second leading scorer in senior guard Annika Shah, redshirt sophomore forward Sierra Lichtie who was the fourth leading scorer last year, senior guard Sydney Bourland who started all 31 games last season, and sophomore Mary Carter who earned Big West All-Freshmen Team honors.Joining the cast of returners are eight newcomers, seven freshmen and a grad transfer. Ashley Hiraki is the lone transfer to join after spending the last four years at Santa Clara where she started 92 games and twice led the team in steals.Season tickets are available to buy now at GoPoly.com/tickets. Individual game tickets go on sale Oct. 15.</div></body>

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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball Announces Entire 2024-25 Schedule

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Highlighted by 14 home games, the Cal Poly women’s basketball program released its complete 2024-25 season schedule Thursday. This year’s schedule is made up of 10 non-conference games and 20 conference games. The non-conference schedule will pit the Mustangs against two teams who made the NCAA Tournament last season in Stanford and UCLA. They will also play another Power Four school in USC in that stretch.