Iowa-LSU was most-watched women’s college basketball game on record, ESPN says

The back-and-forth thriller between Iowa and LSU on Monday night, which sent Caitlin Clark’s Hawkeyes to the Final Four, was the most-watched women’s college basketball game on record, according to Nielsen data shared Tuesday by ESPN.

The game averaged 12.3 million viewers, ESPN said, making it the most-watched college basketball game, men’s or women’s, to air on ESPN platforms.