Unrivaled set a new record for the most attended regular-season professional women’s basketball game.
Unrivaled, a 3-on-3 women’s basketball league, held a sold-out doubleheader in front of 21,490 fans at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia on Friday, Jan. 30.
The WNBA’s most-attended regular-season game was played between the Washington Mystics and the Indiana Fever at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. on Sept. 19, 2024. It was the final game of Caitlin Clark’s rookie season and drew 20,711, according to Yahoo Sports.
The WNBA also had a pair of postseason games with 22,076 fans in attendance. Those were games played during the 2003 and 2007 Finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit.
On Friday, Kelsey Plum scored 22 points to help push the Phantom past Paige Bueckers and the Breeze in the 71-68 victory.
In the second game of the evening, Marina Mabrey scored a game-high 47 points as the Lunar Owls earned an 85-75 victory over the Rose.
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