Caitlin Clark has been breaking multiple personal records and was the key reason Iowa sold out all its home games for the first time in program history before the season even started. However, the senior’s stardom has not only been beneficial to her school and home state: She is lifting other women’s college basketball programs in the process.
Watching Clark play is an experience even non-Iowa fans are clamoring for. When Iowa travels, home attendance for opponents has been shooting up significantly.
Purdue’s average attendance this season has been 4,826, but during Wednesday’s game against the Hawkeyes, the Boilermakers had 14,867 fans at Mackey Arena. Those in attendance were certainly in for a treat because, although Purdue suffered a 96-71 loss, Clark put on a show with her second consecutive triple-double.
“Whenever we go on the road it’s going to be an intense crowd and that adds a little bit to the game,” Clark said after Wednesday’s game. “That’s a whole other factor that you kind of have to deal with.”
Moving forward, all of Iowa’s remaining regular-season games have officially sold out, although tickets are still available on the secondary market.
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