South Carolina is already on its way to leading women's college basketball in average attendance for an 11th straight season. The program announced Wednesday it had sold out its allotment of more than 13,000 season tickets at its home arena for this season. The facility holds 18,000 and the rest will be sold on a single-game basis.
University of South Carolina Women’s Basketball Team Coach Dawn Staley speaks as President Joe Biden, left, looks on, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, during an event to welcome the University of South Carolina Gamecocks Women’s Basketball Team and celebrate their 2023-2024 NCAA championship season. COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is already on the way to leading women’s college basketball in average attendance for an 11th straight season.
The defending national champion Gamecocks announced Wednesday they had sold out their allotment of season tickets, a program-record 13,046 at 18,000-seat Colonial Life Arena.South Carolina averaged 16,067 people for its home games during its 38-0, national title season. Iowa, led by NCAA all-time scoring leader Caitlin Clark, was second with 14,914 fans per game.
The Gamecocks have led the NCAA in average attendance for women’s games since 2015. They have won three national titles and eight Southeastern Conference tournament titles in that span. “When I first came to South Carolina, I didn’t really imagine what the fanbase would look like,” coach Dawn Staley said in a statement, “but what the people in this community, this state, have done to uplift our program is beyond my wildest dreams.”
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