Indiana University Women’s Basketball lands Junior College Transfer Jade Ondineme Northwest Florida State College transfer Jade Ondineme announced her commitment to IU women’s basketball earlier this month. A native of Orleans, France, Ondineme is a 6-foot-3 forward who just completed her sophomore season at Northwest Florida State College. In 35 games, she averaged six points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists while shooting 51.1 percent from the field. Ondineme is expected to provide depth in the IU frontcourt next winter. Northwest Florida State College finished 32-3 and won the NJCAA Division I women’s basketball national championship. Ondineme is the sixth transfer portal addition this spring for Teri Moren. She joins Chloe Spreen, Phoenix Stotijn, Zania Socka-Nguemen, Edessa Noyan and Jerni Kiaku.
Indiana University Athletics Claims its Sixth Straight Governors Cup Win over Purdue For the sixth straight year, IU Athletics can claim overall superiority over Purdue. Indiana holds an insurmountable 11-to-7 edge over the Boilermakers in the annual Governor’s Cup competition with just two points left to be determined through the end of the 2024-25 academic year. Highlighting the win for Indiana during the year was a 66-0 IU football dismantling of the Boilermakers, IU’s largest margin of victory in the 126-game series history. IU clinched the Cup with a baseball series win over the weekend. Indiana has won the annual baseball series for three straight years. Another major highlight was yet another basketball sweep by the Hoosier women. Led by former Boilermaker star Teri Moren, the IU women have now won 13 straight games against Purdue, and 16 of the last 17 meetings. Since 2001-02, the two schools have conducted the all-sports competition. It originally was known as the Titan Series until 2004, when it was renamed the Crimson & Gold Cup. It became the Governor’s Cup in 2013.
Points are awarded to the winning team in each of the schools’ 20 shared sports. If the two teams do not meet during the regular season, the higher finisher at the Big Ten Championships is the point winner. In the case of ties, both teams get half a point. Since Indiana’s elite sport is men’s soccer, the competition has put IU at a bit of a disadvantage, as Purdue doesn’t field a men’s soccer team. But that hasn’t prevented Indiana from pulling out to a significant all-time lead with a recent run of dominance. Purdue has not claimed a win in the competition since 2018. In 24 years of competition, IU now holds a 14-7 advantage. Two years have ended in a tie. The 2019-20 competition was declared a no-contest, although Indiana was leading 9-4 when all sports were canceled.
Indiana University Volleyball Alum Mady Saris to Play in Greece and Makes the Canadian National Team The Indiana Volleyball program added another professional to its growing list of former players taking the next step in their careers. Outside hitter Mady Saris signed with AONS Milon Last Week a Greek team in the A1 Ethniki Women’s Volleyball league. Saris, a four-year player for the Hoosiers, wrapped up her collegiate career with 1,090 kills and 149 blocks. She became the 20th member of the 1,000-kill club at IU, reaching that mark in October of 2024 in a match at Minnesota. Saris played in 119 matches in four seasons in Bloomington.
AONS Milon is one of 12 teams in the top professional league in Greece. They finished 10th in the 2024-25 table and ended the season with a pair of wins in the playout tournament to stay above the cutline in the league. Saris will join the green and black side – based out of Nea Smyrni, Greece – for the 2025-26 season. On top of signing professionally, Saris will continue her summer of volleyball with the Canadian National Team. The 6-1 outside hitter was named the initial 30-person roster for this summer’s Volleyball Nations League. Team Canada will open pool play in Ottawa against Bulgaria, The Netherlands, Japan and Serbia. There are three phases to the Volleyball Nations League, with each phase shifting to a different host city. Canada will go to Turkey in Week 2 and the United States in Week 3. Saris is eligible to be selected for the team’s final competition roster at any point but will train with the team through the entire process.
Former Indiana University Women’s Basketball Player Mackenize Holmes Waived by the Seattle Storm Former IU All-American Mackenzie Holmes was waived Monday by the Seattle Storm. Holmes had nine points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots in a 79-59 preseason win against the Connecticut Sun on May 4. The Storm also waived forward Brianna Fraser and guard Serena Sundell on Monday. Holmes, 24, was a third-round pick by the Storm in the 2024 WNBA draft but did not play in the 2024 WNBA season after undergoing knee surgery. She spent the 2024-25 season in Bloomington as a graduate manager. The Gorham, Maine, native finished her IU career with 147 games played over five seasons. She is the program’s all-time leading scorer with 2,530 points and also ranks first in field goals made (1,043), field goal percentage (63.9) and games won (123). Holmes led the team to four NCAA tournament runs in her career, including a Sweet Sixteen in 2024. She averaged a team-high of 19.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game in her final season at IU. She earned unanimous All-Big Ten first Team, All-Big Ten defensive team, USWBA and AP All-American selections in the 2023-24 season. Over her five-year career, Holmes earned eight All-American selections and became the player in program history to earn first team All-America honors.
Two Former Indiana University Men’s Basketball Players Called up for the NBA Draft Combine from the G-League Elite Camp Two former IU basketball players have earned a major opportunity this week. After shining at the NBA G League Elite Camp this weekend, Mackenzie Mgbako and Tamar Bates have been called up to the NBA Draft Combine this week in Chicago. Bates averaged 14 points in two G League Elite Camp games over the weekend, while Mgbako poured in 20.5 per contest. Both players came to IU after decorated high school careers and spent two seasons in Bloomington playing for Mike Woodson. A national top 30 recruit, Bates was originally committed to play at Texas but flipped to IU following a coaching change there in 2021. He joined Woodson’s first Indiana team for the 2021-22 campaign. As a sophomore at Indiana, the Kansas City, Kan. product was one of three Hoosiers to play in all 35 games during the 2022-23 season. He earned the first two starts of his career and averaged 6.1 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 1.1 assists for his sophomore campaign. Bates’ production increased dramatically as an upperclassman at Missouri. For the 2024-2025 season, he was a team captain for the Tigers and averaged 13.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.3 steals and an assist per game.
Mgbako averaged 12.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game this season for IU. Mgbako shot 43.7% (139-of-318) from the floor, 32.9% (47-of-143) from the 3-point line, and 81.0% (64-of-79) from the free throw line. Mgbako was the Big Ten’s co-Freshman of the Year in 2024. He was one of two freshmen in the NCAA to score over 400 points, make at least 50 3-pointers, convert on 90-plus free throws, and grab at least 125 rebounds. As a freshman Mgbako was one of two Hoosiers to start all 33 games. He averaged 12.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.3 assists in 27.1 minutes per game. Mgbako transferred to Texas A&M last month following the Indiana coaching change.
In total, five players were called up to the NBA Draft Combine. The other three were Yanic Konan Niederhauser (Penn State), Ryan Nembhard (Gonzaga) and Lachlan Olbrich (Illawarra/Australia). The Draft Combine began Sunday and runs through May 18 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. The NBA Draft Lottery was held Monday Night in Chicago. The 2025 NBA Draft will be held Wednesday, June 25 in New York.
Notre Dame announces game times for the 2025 Home Football Season Notre Dame has announced its home schedule for the 2025 football season, which will include three-night games. Notre Dame has seven home games for the 2025 season, and the kickoff times are now set for all games on NBC and the NC State Game on Peacock. Notre Dame will have night games this season. The Irish will host Texas A&M at 7:30 PM ET on September 13, they will host USC at 7:30 PM ET on October 18th, and the Irish will host Navy at 7;30 PM ET on November 8th. Notre Dame will host Purdue (September 20th), Boise State (October 4th), NC State (October 11th) and Syracuse (November 22nd) at 3:30 PM ET.