Final Friday night time’s WNBA showdown between Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever towards Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky set an ION tv rankings document.
The matchup, which featured the 2 frontrunners for WNBA Rookie of the Yr, introduced in a median of 1.6 million viewers and peaked at 1.92 million viewers, based on a report from Jason Clinkscales of Sportico. It’s the most-viewed sport within the historical past of the ION community, and it beat out each school soccer sport that aired on numerous networks on Friday night time in rankings.
Clark is clearly a key purpose for the rankings soar throughout the WNBA this season, as out of the 21 video games which have drawn at the very least a million viewers, 18 of them have included Clark and the Fever. Reese has introduced loads of fanfare of her personal to the WNBA, so it is no shock that the late-season matchup that includes the duo shattered WNBA tv information.
It has been a very robust season for WNBA basketball on the ION community, as video games this season have averaged 639,000 viewers, which represents a 123% improve in comparison with the common of 287,000 viewers final 12 months.
The Fever have locked themselves right into a playoff spot, whereas the Sky, who’re losers of seven straight, nonetheless have some work to do to clinch the No. 8 seed. With seven video games remaining within the common season, Chicago holds the No 8 spot through tiebreak at 11-22 on the 12 months. The Atlanta Dream are additionally 11-22, whereas the Washington Mystics are one sport behind at 10-23.