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Nice (but short) article in the DMR talking about women's basketball attendance.

Cyclone women's basketball: Iowa-ISU game draws fifth-biggest crowd | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Register

Wednesday's Iowa at Iowa State women's basketball game drew the sport's fifth-largest crowd this season.

The Cyclones' 58-44 victory had a paid of attendance of 12,931 at Hilton Coliseum. That is one of six women's basketball games to top a 12,000 turnout this season, according to Monday's weekly tabulation by the University of Wisconsin. The other five were all at Tennessee.

For the season, Iowa State ranks third nationally in attendance with an average of 10,078, trailing No. 1 Tennessee (14,714) and No. 2 Connecticut (10,130).

Among the state's other Division I teams, Iowa ranks 33rd nationally with an average turnout of 2,674 while Drake is averaging 2,505 fans and Northern Iowa 1,143.

- Dan Johnson





Attendance

leaders

School Season average

1. Tennessee 14,714

2. Connecticut 10,130

3. Iowa State 10,078

4. Oklahoma 9,058

5. Purdue 9,056



TOP TURNOUTS,

SINGLE GAMES



1. N. Carolina at Tennessee Dec. 2: 16,845

2. Texas at Tennessee

Nov. 18: 15,699

3. La. Tech at Tennessee

Nov. 26: 14,891

4. Chattanooga at Tennessee Nov. 11: 13,811

5. Iowa at Iowa State

Dec. 5: 12,931