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UConn draws a large crowd, Wichita State plans to use it as a turning point to attract a new following

Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage is hopeful Tuesday’s near-record crowd is a turning point for the Wichita State women’s basketball team.

The Shockers hosted No. 2 UConn for the first time ever, and despite a lop-sided victory many expected the city came to see a women’s basketball team still in the middle of one of the biggest transitions the program has undergone in its history.

“We want to be really good role models, especially to young athletes” Lozada-Cabbage said. “It’s to show them that by playing hard, they may one day get to where we are.”

What Wichita State drew was support — support Lozada-Cabbage hopes will return and one day sell-out all 10,506 seats in Charles Koch Arena.