The Indiana Fever are playing their first preseason game of the year against the Brazil National Team at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa. The game’s location is in honor of one woman, Fever guard Caitlin Clark, who set the all-time Division I scoring record while playing for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
This is Clark’s first time playing in Iowa since graduating and becoming the biggest star in the WNBA. While Iowa doesn’t have its own WNBA team, Hawkeyes fans have adopted the Fever as their team because of Clark.
Their love for Caitlin was evident during the Fever’s player introductions in Iowa. As the announcer read Clark’s name, the almost 15,000 fans cheered at the top of their lungs, giving Clark a rousing reception in her return to the arena…