A total of 55,646 fans turned out for the women's basketball exhibition between DePaul and Iowa, and Caitlin Clark put on a show.
coach came up with the plan for her team to play an outdoor game at Kinnick Stadium, with the hope of setting an all-time women's basketball single-game attendance record."You know, you can have an idea, and it could fall flat if nobody shows up," Bluder said."But, man, Hawk fans showed up today. Fifty-five thousand, breaking the record, getting to play outside ... It was a dream. It really was. It was just fabulous.
"Great weather," Bluder said."It was raining all week, and then great weather today? I'm so thankful." "It was a little windy," Clark said."The cold was perfectly fine. It was a bit chilly, and I'm glad we play an indoor sport. I promise I'll never air-ball a free throw again. The wind took that one, for sure."
Women's and girls basketball has a long and rich history in Iowa. Girls played 6-on-6 high school basketball more than a century ago — three offensive players, three defensive players, only two dribbles and none allowed to cross half-court. The girls state tournament, first held in 1920, was a huge event televised statewide and in neighboring states until the five-player game took over in the 1980s.
Proceeds from the game are being directed to the hospital. A check for $250,000 was presented during a break in the game. Among the attendees were former Iowa players Megan Gustafson, the 2019 national player of the year, and Kathleen Doyle, the 2020
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