Caitlin Clark’s return to Iowa with Fever averages 1.3 million viewers.
BRISTOL, Conn. — Caitlin Clark’s return to Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the WNBA preseason game between the Indiana Fever and Brazilian national team averaged 1.3 million viewers on ESPN, the network announced Tuesday
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The fans got exactly what they wanted Sunday at Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena: another vintage Caitlin Clark moment.
It came in her Indiana Fever’s 108-44 victory over the Brazilian national team in a WNBA exhibition game that was also a sold-out homecoming for the former Hawkeyes star.The average viewership for Sunday’s game was 13% higher than ESPN’s 2024 regular-season average for the WNBA.
The Fever-Brazil television audience peaked at 1.6 million, and the game drew a sellout crowd of 15,000 at Carver-Hawkeye, where the average paid ticket price on the resale market was $440.
Clark, starting her second season with the Fever, scored 16 points in Indiana’s 108-44 win. It was the NCAA Division I all-time scoring leader’s second time back at Carver-Hawkeye since she left the Hawkeyes; her No. 22 jersey was retired in a ceremony after Iowa’s 76-69 win over USC on Feb. 2.
