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Iowa vs. Ohio State sets 25-year TV viewership high as Caitlin Clark breaks scoring record

Iowa vs. Ohio State sets 25-year TV viewership high as Caitlin Clark breaks scoring record
530 STARTS RIGHT NOW. GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. CAITLIN CLARKE BREAKS ANOTHER RECORD AND CONTINUES ADDING TO HER LEGENDARY RESUME. OUR JEFF DUBROF IS IN WITH US IN STUDIO AND JEFF, SHE’S OFFICIALLY ALL ALONE AT THE TOP. YEAH, KAYLA COULDN’T HAVE PUT IT BETTER MYSELF. IT WASN’T A LOGO THREE WASN’T A REVERSE LAYUP. IT WAS A TECHNICAL FREE THROW THAT ALLOWED CAITLIN CLARK TO BECOME THE ALL TIME LEADING SCORER IN DIVISION ONE COLLEGE BASKETBALL HISTORY. SHE HAD ALREADY PASSED KELSEY PLUM, THEN PASSED LYNETTE WOODARD, AND TODAY IT WAS ON A PAIR OF FREE THROWS, THE SECOND OF WHICH THAT HAD HER PASSING THE GREAT PISTOL PETE. PETE MARAVICH. THE SHOT BY OUR SHANNON EARHART AS SHE IS NOW THE ALL TIME LEADING SCORER IN DIVISION ONE COLLEGE BASKETBALL HISTORY. THAT’S MEN’S AND WOMEN’S. IT COMES, LIKE I SAID, ON THE SECOND OF THE TWO FREE THROWS, CLARK SCORED 35 POINTS IN THE GAME. THERE IS NO ONE IN FRONT OF HER ANYMORE. SHE IS AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. IT’S REALLY LIKE CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT. LIKE, HONESTLY, IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT BEFORE MY COLLEGE CAREER STARTED, I WOULD HAVE LAUGHED IN YOUR FACE AND BEEN LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE INSANE. AND LIKE, I’VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO SCORE THE BALL, BUT I DON’T THINK PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW MANY AMAZING PLAYERS HAVE COME BEFORE ME AND LIKE, BEEN ABLE TO SCORE THE BALL AND DO IT AT SUCH A HIGH RATE AND DO IT FOR TEAMS THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY GOOD AND JUST TO BE IN THE SAME REALM OF ALL THESE PLAYERS THAT HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL, WHAT WHETHER IT’S PETE OR WHETHER IT’S KELSEY PLUM OR LYNETTE WOODARD, LIKE ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE JUST GIVEN SO MUCH TO THE GAME. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY
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Iowa vs. Ohio State sets 25-year TV viewership high as Caitlin Clark breaks scoring record
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.Clark scored 35 points and passed Pete Maravich as the NCAA Division I overall career scoring leader during the Hawkeyes' 93-83 win.Video above: History made: Clark passes 'Pistol' Pete's NCAA scoring markAverage 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.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 that followed an NFL Thanksgiving game on Fox, SMW said.Ohio State-Iowa surpassed the 3.01 million who watched the Boston Celtics' 140-88 rout of the Golden State Warriors on ABC on Sunday.

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.

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

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Video above: History made: Clark passes 'Pistol' Pete's NCAA scoring mark

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.

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 that followed an NFL Thanksgiving game on Fox, SMW said.

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