Want to see Caitlin Clark make history? How to get tickets to Iowa vs. Michigan
For a while, it looked like the NCAA women's basketball career scoring record was in jeopardy of falling over the weekend.
Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark, who entered the Hawkeyes' previous game at Nebraska 38 points away from tying Kelsey Plum's career scoring record, scored 31 points in the first three quarters of a tight Big Ten road game.
A scoreless fourth quarter meant the record will have to wait until Thursday.
Clark and the Hawkeyes host Michigan Thursday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, and it shouldn't take long for the West Des Moines native to make history. She's just eight points away from sole possession of the record, and she's never scored less than eight points in any of her 125 college basketball games.
Tickets have been sold out for months, but there are still ways to get a seat. Warning: It'll cost you.
Tickets for Iowa women's basketball vs. Michigan
Ticket prices were trending toward being the most expensive ever for a women’s basketball game, pro or college, according to secondary market seller TickPick. That on Wednesday.
The record for highest resale price for a women’s basketball game entering this season was $150 for the 2022 WNBA All-Star Game, according to TickPick. Clark’s games, including Thursday’s, have exceeded that six times this season.
Face value for Iowa women’s basketball tickets is about $15 when broken out of a season-ticket package, assistant athletic director for ticket operations Jess Rickertsen said.
As of Thursday afternoon, starting at $424 apiece.
started at $173 apiece as of Thursday afternoon. The cheapest pair together was $195 a ticket.
starting at $190, with groups of as many as four tickets together available at $273 each.
starting at $210, with as many as three seats together available for as low as $213 per ticket.
If those tickets are too pricey, here's what to know about watching the game on TV.
Logitix, which collects data from multiple secondary market sellers, reported the average price paid for Michigan-Iowa over the past seven days was $375. That’s up $15 from the previous week and $117 higher than the two-week period before that.
“The progressively increasing average ticket price is interesting,” Logitix spokesperson Eric Nemeth said in an email. “This is not a normal pattern unless there is building intrigue for an event.”
He noted that prices for Super Bowl tickets, for example, decrease as the day of the game gets closer.
High cost to see history: Iowa basketball tickets selling for record prices
NCAA women's basketball career scoring leaders
- Kelsey Plum, Washington — 3,527
- *Caitlin Clark, Iowa — 3,520
- Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State — 3,402
- Jackie Stiles, Missouri State — 3,393
- Brittney Griner, Baylor — 3,283
- *Dyaisha Fair, Buffalo/Syracuse — 3,213
- Patricia Hoskins, Mississippi Valley State — 3,122
- Lorri Bauman, Drake — 3,115
- Jerica Coley, FIU — 3,107
- Rachel Banham, Minnesota — 3,093
* — Clark and Fair are active players.
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