The coach of Iowa devised a strategy for her team to compete in an open-air match at Kinnick Stadium, aiming to break the record for the highest attendance at a single women's basketball game. During the "Crossover at Kinnick" on Sunday, the Hawkeyes triumphed over DePaul with a score of 94-72, attracting 55,646 spectators. This crowd size nearly doubled the prior record of 29,619 held by Connecticut and Oklahoma during the 2002 NCAA championship in San Antonio's Alamodome.