The Nebraska women's basketball team's game against No. 5 Iowa on Feb. 11 will make history as the program's first sellout crowd at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
The Super Bowl Sunday game against the Hawkeyes was already a sellout weeks before the game. All the tickets are sold, and it’s not expected that more will become available the week of the game.
With ticket sales — as well as arena staff, media and team personnel — the attendance should be about 15,000.
It should be the largest crowd in the 50 seasons of Nebraska women’s basketball. The previous record was 14,289, which also came during a game against Iowa last season. It will be a top-30 crowd in the sport this season.
It will be the first sellout for a women’s game in the 11 seasons at Pinnacle Bank Arena, and just the second sellout in program history. The only previous women’s basketball sellout came against Missouri in 2010 when the Huskers played at the smaller Devaney Sports Center.
One of the biggest draws of course is Caitlin Clark, who is one of the biggest attractions at any level of sports right now during what could be her final college season.
She leads the nation in scoring (31.7 points per game) and three-pointers (104) and is second nationally in assists (7.8).
Most games Clark plays in include hundreds of girls attending wearing her jersey or T-shirt. And they bring homemade posters and hope Clark will sign them.
With tickets to Iowa's home games difficult to get, the game in Lincoln is a chance for some fans from the border state to be able to watch Clark in person.
Iowa’s games on the road this season have been getting large crowds, including 18,660 when the Hawkeyes played at Ohio State on Sunday. The game also averaged 1.9 million TV viewers and peaked at 3.9 million during overtime.
The Feb. 11 game will be at least the third time this season Nebraska has topped 8,700 spectators for a home game, including 9,059 against Indiana in January.
Last year’s game against Iowa got 14,289. That topped the previous Nebraska program record of 13,595 in 2010 when Nebraska played at the Devaney Sports Center. It was 4,000 more than any previous women’s game at PBA.
Nebraska will play the first of its two regular-season games against Iowa on Saturday in Iowa City. The 1 p.m. game is on the Big Ten Network.
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The Super Bowl Sunday game against the Hawkeyes was already a sellout weeks before the game. All the tickets are sold, and it’s not expected that more will become available the week of the game.
With ticket sales — as well as arena staff, media and team personnel — the attendance should be about 15,000.
It should be the largest crowd in the 50 seasons of Nebraska women’s basketball. The previous record was 14,289, which also came during a game against Iowa last season. It will be a top-30 crowd in the sport this season.
It will be the first sellout for a women’s game in the 11 seasons at Pinnacle Bank Arena, and just the second sellout in program history. The only previous women’s basketball sellout came against Missouri in 2010 when the Huskers played at the smaller Devaney Sports Center.
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One of the biggest draws of course is Caitlin Clark, who is one of the biggest attractions at any level of sports right now during what could be her final college season.
She leads the nation in scoring (31.7 points per game) and three-pointers (104) and is second nationally in assists (7.8).
Most games Clark plays in include hundreds of girls attending wearing her jersey or T-shirt. And they bring homemade posters and hope Clark will sign them.
With tickets to Iowa's home games difficult to get, the game in Lincoln is a chance for some fans from the border state to be able to watch Clark in person.
Iowa’s games on the road this season have been getting large crowds, including 18,660 when the Hawkeyes played at Ohio State on Sunday. The game also averaged 1.9 million TV viewers and peaked at 3.9 million during overtime.
The Feb. 11 game will be at least the third time this season Nebraska has topped 8,700 spectators for a home game, including 9,059 against Indiana in January.
Last year’s game against Iowa got 14,289. That topped the previous Nebraska program record of 13,595 in 2010 when Nebraska played at the Devaney Sports Center. It was 4,000 more than any previous women’s game at PBA.
Nebraska will play the first of its two regular-season games against Iowa on Saturday in Iowa City. The 1 p.m. game is on the Big Ten Network.
Nebraska women's basketball to sell out PBA for first time in showdown with Iowa
The Nebraska women's basketball team's game against No. 5 Iowa on Feb. 11 will make history as the program's first sellout crowd at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
