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Caitlin Clark's record game on FOX draws top WCBB regular season TV rating since 1999
Women's College Basketball

Caitlin Clark's record game on FOX draws top WCBB regular season TV rating since 1999

Published Mar. 5, 2024 3:37 p.m. ET

Caitlin Clark's record-setting game for Iowa against Ohio State on Sunday attracted more than 4 million television viewers at its peak and was the most-watched women's regular-season basketball game since 1999, FOX Sports announced Tuesday. It's the most-watched women's college basketball game of any kind in FOX Sports history.

Clark scored 35 points and passed Pete Maravich as the NCAA Division I overall career scoring leader during the Hawkeyes' 93-83 win.

Average viewership was 3.39 million and reached a high of 4.42 million late in the second half. Clark set the record with two free throws just before halftime. No women's regular-season game on any network had more viewers since 3.88 million tuned in for UConn-Tennessee in January 1999, according to Sports Media Watch.

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The game was the second-most watched college basketball game of the season, trailing only the 5.18 million who saw the Michigan State-Arizona men's game, also on FOX, that followed an NFL Thanksgiving game between the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions on the network.

Ohio State-Iowa surpassed the 3.01 million who watched the NBA's Boston Celtics compile a 140-88 rout of the Golden State Warriors on ABC on Sunday.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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