Two More Indiana University Women’s Basketball Players Enter the Transfer Portal Henna Sandvik and Sharnecce Currie-Jelks are the latest IU women’s basketball player to enter the transfer portal, per reports on Wednesday. This brings Indiana to five players in the portal since Tuesday morning. Sandvik and Currie-Jelks followed sophomore Jules LaMendola, junior Lexus Bargesser, and junior Lilly Meister. Both Sandvik and Currie-Jelks have one year of eligibility remaining, though Currie-Jelks could feasibly get a year back after playing in just three contests for IU in 2023-24 and just six games this year. Sandvik never quite settled in with the Hoosiers during her three-year career. The Finland native played 6.7 minutes per game in both of her first two seasons, typically only entering at the end of assured victories. She saw a little more action this year as a junior, rising to 10.1 minutes per game. Sandvik had a couple nice moments, but she averaged 1.7 points and 1.3 rebounds per game and never became a reliable bench option for head coach Teri Moren.
Currie-Jelks transferred to Indiana ahead of the 2023-24 season from UT Martin, where she won OVC Freshman of the Year. But she missed nearly her entire first season in Bloomington while dealing with a personal matter — which The South-Central Indiana News Network later learned was her pregnancy and maternity absence. She returned to action in time for this past season, as a junior, but she rarely saw the court. Freshman Faith Wiseman was evidently in front of Currie-Jelks in the frontcourt rotation, as Wiseman checked in for some important minutes for the Hoosiers in the Big Ten Tournament. Indiana now has eight players on scholarship for 2025-26. The program is losing eight players, between the five portal entrants and graduating seniors Chloe Moore-McNeil, Sydney Parrish, and Karoline Striplin. Moren has a lot of work ahead to rebuild her roster.
Indiana University Men’s Basketball Sophomore Kannan Carlyle Enters the Transfer Portal Guard Kanaan Carlyle is in the transfer portal based on multiple Wednesday afternoon reports. The Georgia native began the season as a starter but soon lost that role. For the season Carlyle made six starts in 25 games played and averaged 4.0 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game. He struggled to make shots throughout the season and produced 28.9/24.3/42.9 shooting splits. Carlyle transferred to IU from Stanford a year ago. There he was named to the All-Pac-12 Freshman Team and averaged 11.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game. Carlyle is the sixth scholarship player from the 2024-25 IU team to enter the portal. He follows Myles Rice, Gabe Cupps, Malik Reneau, Mackenzie Mgbako and Jakai Newton. Only Bryson Tucker and Dallas James remain as of Wednesday afternoon, along with the possible return by Luke Goode if he obtains a hardship waiver.
Indiana University Men’s Swimming Breaks American Record on Opening Night of the NCAA Championships Indiana’s all-American quartet of senior Luke Barr, graduate transfer Brian Benzing, senior Finn Brooks and junior Matt King broke the American record in the 200-yard medley relay Wednesday night to open the 2025 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships inside the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center. Indiana’s 1:20.92 marks the program’s first time under 1:21, shattering the previous Big Ten and program record 1:21.39 set at conference championships one month ago. The time is six hundredths faster than the previous American standard set by NC State a year ago. IU finished fifth in the first event of the championships. Barr led it off in 20.65, almost identical to his Big Ten time. Benzing’s 22.65 breaststroke marked the fastest among the non-disqualified relays. Brooks went 19.49 in the butterfly, and King brought the Hoosiers home in 18.13 – the field’s fifth-best anchor.
Indiana’s sixth place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay will help its chances in this week’s team race. The Hoosiers were seeded No. 14 in the event with a 6:11.39 but won the third of four heats with a 6:06.76 to reach the podium. The Hoosiers sit tied for third in the team standings with 54 points after two events. “It was a good start for the Hoosier program,” IU head swimming coach Ray Looze said. “An American record in the 200-medley relay, then a fantastic 800 freestyle relay to end the session. Prelims will be key tomorrow morning. We need to focus on all the little things and execute fundamentals.” Junior Owen McDonald led off the 800 free relay with a 1:31.14, moving him from No. 9 to No. 4 all-time in the program’s all-time performers list. Senior Rafael Miroslaw followed up with a nearly identical 1:31.39. Senior Kai van Westering contributed a 1:32.79 before fifth-year senior Tomer Frankel anchored with a 1:31.53.
RESULTS
200 MEDLEY RELAY
5. Luke Barr, Brian Benzing, Brooks, King – 1:20.92 (All-America, American Record, Big Ten Record, Program Record)
800 FREESTYLE RELAY
6. Owen McDonald, Rafael Miroslaw, Kai van Westering, Tomer Frankel – 6:06.76 (All-America)
HOOSIER ALL-AMERICANS
Luke Barr – 200 medley relay
Brian Benzing – 200 medley relay
Finn Brooks – 200 medley relay
Tomer Frankel – 800 freestyle relay
Matt King – 200 medley relay
Owen McDonald – 800 freestyle relay
Rafael Miroslaw – 800 freestyle relay
Kai van Westering – 800 freestyle relay
Indiana University Men’s Basketball Sophomore Myles Rice Enters the Transfer Portal Guard Myles Rice is entering the transfer portal, according to Wednesday morning reports. After transferring in from Washington State, Rice played one season in Bloomington. Rice appeared in all 32 games and made 25 starts for IU in 2024-25. He was one of four Hoosiers to appear in all 32 games. After arriving in Bloomington with great promise, Rice had an up-and-down season. He averaged 10.1 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.0 steal per game. Rice shot 41.2% (112-of-272) from the floor, 32.5% (27-of-83) from the 3-point line, and 81.8% (72-of-88) from the free throw line. He opened the season as a starter but would later become a reserve in Mike Woodson’s final season as head coach. A Freshman All-American and All-Pac-12 performer a year ago at Washington State, he averaged 14.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.6 steals per game on .439/.275/.811 shooting splits in one season with the Cougars. Rice is now the fifth IU player to enter the portal, joining Gabe Cupps, Malik Reneau, Mackenzie Mgbako and Jakai Newton.
Former Indiana Hoosier Men’s Basketball Player Gabe Cupps announces he is Transferring to Ohio State Indiana fans will be seeing more of Gabe Cupps in the years to come. He’s staying in the Big Ten. After choosing IU over Ohio State a few years ago, Cupps is returning to his home state to play for the Buckeyes, he announced on Wednesday afternoon. A product of Dayton, Ohio, and former Ohio Mr. Basketball, Cupps entered the transfer portal last week after two seasons at Indiana. It didn’t take him long to find a new home. The 6-foot-2 Cupps was not expected to play a major role as a freshman for IU in 2023-24, but he was thrust into significant minutes when veteran point guard Xavier Johnson dealt with multiple injuries.
A year ago, Cupps made 22 starts in 33 appearances. He was one of five freshmen in the Big Ten Conference to make at least 20 starts. He averaged 2.6 points, 1.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 0.7 steals in 21.7 minutes per game. Cupps shot 36.4% (32-of-88) from the floor, 35.9% (14-of-39) from the 3-point line, and 61.5% (8-of-13) from the free throw line. Cupps should be able to obtain a medical hardship waiver for the 2024-25 season, meaning he should still have three years of eligibility remaining. He saw action in just four games before being shut down with a lower body injury in late November. He took four shots and didn’t score. Cupps had knee surgery during the season. Indiana is also losing Trey Galloway and Myles Rice this offseason, meaning new head coach Darian DeVries has significant needs at the primary ball handler position.
Vincennes University Men’s Basketball Season Ends with a loss to Panola in the NJCAA National Tournament Quarterfinals The Vincennes University Men’s Basketball team hit the floor Wednesday night in the 2025 NJCAA Division I National Tournament at the Hutchinson Sports Arena in Kansas. The Trailblazers played in the National Quarterfinals with another tough opponent waiting for them in No. 6 seed Panola College from Carthage, Tex. The Blazers got off to a tough start, with Panola quickly jumping out to an early 14-5 lead over Vincennes. VU would respond with a 9-2 scoring run later in the first half to cut the deficit down to one point. Vincennes would finally break through late in the first half with an 8-0 scoring run to take a 36-31 lead. Panola answered back with a pair of threes to regain the lead before the Blazers closed out the first half with a late basket to head into the locker room break even at 40-40.
Panola once again got off to a fast start in the second half, opening the period on a 12-2 scoring run to take a 52-42 lead. Vincennes regained composure and would use an 11-4 run to cut the Ponies lead down to three at 56-53. VU was stay trailing by three at 62-59 before Panola broke away late by outscoring VU 11-4. Vincennes attempted a late comeback but were unable to erase the deficit as the Trailblazers fell by the final score of 75-67 to Panola. The Blazers were led offensively by freshman Travelle Bryson (Anderson, S.C.) who got the VU offense going early with 17 first half points, including hitting five threes and grabbing three rebounds.
VU sophomore and 2025 NJCAA Division I Region 24 Player of the Year Lebron Thomas (Bishopville, S.C.) also matched Bryson’s total of 17 points in the game, while also leading the Blazers with seven assists and six rebounds. Thomas ends his Trailblazer career with exactly 1,000 career points in his two seasons in Blue and Gold, becoming the 40th player in VU Men’s Basketball history to surpass the 1,000-point milestone. Sophomore Bryan Akanmu (Paris, France) was the third VU scorer in double figures Wednesday night, scoring 10 points and grabbing six rebounds while dishing out five assists. The Trailblazers close out their 2024-25 campaign with a final record of 28-5, winning 22 of their final 24 games and holding an impressive 16-1 record against Region 24 opponents.