Position Sports and The E.W. Scripps Company are partnering to present the inaugural Scripps Sports Women’s Basketball Showcase, a new premier women’s college basketball event debuting on Wednesday, December 16, at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix. 

The inaugural showcase will bring two marquee matchups to the Valley, with defending national champion UCLA facing Duke and USC taking on Miami in a nationally televised doubleheader on ION, Scripps’ national sports and entertainment network available over-the-air, across pay television, connected TV platforms and streaming services, reaching more than 128 million households nationally.

Tickets to the doubleheader will go on sale, Thursday, August 20, at 10:00 AM AZ (1:00 PM ET) at Ticketmaster. One ticket provides admission to both games.

UCLA vs. Duke | 5:00 PM AZ (7:00 PM ET)

The Bruins enter as the defending national champion and an expected preseason Top 15 program, bolstered by the addition of Addy Brown, a transfer from Iowa State who averaged more than 13 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists per game over her three-year career with the Cyclones. Duke, a projected preseason Top 5 team, welcomes back three of its five starters from last year's ACC Championship squad, while adding transfer Aaliyah Crump from Texas. The No. 5 recruit in the 2025 class, Crump will play alongside Emilee Skinner, the No. 4 recruit in that same class.

USC vs. Miami | 7:30 PM AZ (9:30 PM ET)

The Trojans return JuJu Watkins, the 2024-25 consensus National Player of the Year, who missed all of last season recovering from a knee injury, and bring in the nation's No. 1 recruiting class, headlined by five-star signee Saniyah Hall. Hall marks the third time in four years USC has landed the No. 1 overall recruit, following Watkins in 2023 and Jazzy Davidson in 2025. Miami counters with four veteran transfers added to a team that won 18 games a season ago, including Jess-Mine Zodia, who arrives in Coral Gables with a decorated international resume after representing France in multiple FIBA competitions throughout her career.

Media credential information will be shared at a later date.

The Scripps Sports Women’s Basketball Showcase adds to Scripps’ growing portfolio of women’s sports rights, including the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), NWSL (National Women’s Soccer League), PWHL (Professional Women’s Hockey League), the 2027 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Cup and Premier Women’s Rodeo (PWR). 

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