An Average of 1.3 Million People Watched Caitlin Clark’s Return to Iowa
ESPN reported on Tuesday that the WNBA preseason game between the Indiana Fever and the Brazilian national team, which included Caitlin Clark‘s return to Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena, drew an average of 1.3 million viewers. ESPN’s 2024 WNBA regular-season average was 13% lower than Sunday’s game’s average audience. The game had a sellout crowd of 15,000 […] The post An Average of 1.3 Million People Watched Caitlin Clark’s Return to Iowa appeared first on BlackSportsOnline.
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ESPN reported on Tuesday that the WNBA preseason game between the Indiana Fever and the Brazilian national team, which included Caitlin Clark‘s return to Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena, drew an average of 1.3 million viewers.
ESPN’s 2024 WNBA regular-season average was 13% lower than Sunday’s game’s average audience.
The game had a sellout crowd of 15,000 at Carver-Hawkeye, where the average bought ticket price on the resale market was $440. The Fever-Brazil television audience reached 1.6 million.
Clark scored 16 points in Indiana’s 108-44 victory to begin her second season with the Fever.
The NCAA Division I all-time scoring leader returned to Carver-Hawkeye for the second time since leaving the Hawkeyes; following Iowa’s victory against USC on February 2, a ceremony was held to retire her No. 22 jersey.
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