For the first time, more people watched the NCAA women’s final game than the men’s, Nielsen said Tuesday.

The hyped game in which the Iowa Hawkeyes and record-breaking star Caitlin Clark took on, and lost to, No. 11-seeded South Carolina drew more than 18.9 million views Sunday, according to ESPN and the audience rating company.

The men’s UConn vs. Purdue game on Monday had 4 million fewer viewers, with 14.8 million, Nielsen said.

It was the first time ever that the audience for the…