Women’s Basketball Portal-Players To Miami!

Welcome Juliana LaMendola! This is a huge get. 6’1 guard who can play all 5 positions. Big time scorer and rebounded who played in 2 Sweet 16’s at Indiana.

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  • 2025-26 All-Mountain West Team
  • 2025-26 CSC Academic All-District

2025-26 | Junior

  • Appeared and started in all 32 games
  • Was the team’s leading rebounder at 6.4 per game overall and 6.5 per game in MW play… totaled 205 rebounds for the season
  • Second leading scorer at 11.5 points per contest, 367 total for the season
  • Also averaged 1.8 assists and 0.8 blocks per outing
  • Shot 42.6% from the field and 31.4% from three point range, a team best of players with over 20 attempts
  • Was just shy of 80% from the free throw line (79.6%)
  • Had 18 double digit scoring games and 14 games with at least seven boards… 10 of those double figure scoring games were of 15+ points while four of those 7+ rebound games were in double digits
  • Shot 58% from the floor and scored 17 points with seven rebounds at UC Santa Barbara (11/15)
  • Near a double double with eight points and nine boards vs. SMU (11/18)
  • Poured in 21 points on five made 3 pointers vs. UTSA (11/26)
  • Grabbed 10 rebounds and added five points and five assists vs. UNLV (12/17) in the MW opener
  • Had a 25 point, 10 rebound double double, the first of her career, at San Jose State (12/28)… shot 71% in that game
  • Aided GCU to a road win at Boise State (1/3) by totaling 16 points and four rebounds
  • Notched her second double double at New Mexico (1/17) finishing with 14 points, 14 rebounds, and 14 assists
  • One board shy of another double double vs. Wyoming (1/31) tallying 19 points and nine rebounds
  • From Jan. 31 to Feb. 21, scored in double figures in each game while grabbing at least six boards in five of six contests… in that stretch of MW play, averaged 18 points, 7rebounds and 2 assists per outing
  • Scored a career high 26 points while adding seven rebounds at Air Force (2/7)
  • Recorded a 15 point, 13 rebound double double in the first round of the Mountain West Championship vs. Utah State (3/7)

High School:

  • Named the 2023 Texas Gatorade Player of the Year, 2022-23 MaxPreps Texas High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year, co-MVP of District 6-6A Player of the Year and was a McDonald’s All-American nominee as a senior

PS-we are not done!

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She grew up in THE great state of Texas…and has a twin sister.

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Wonder if Box recruited her originally if she started at IU? Nice pickup.

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That’s what I was thinking too, got to be his connections to IU.

Box on X tweeted “bang” yesterday and today. Presumably, there’s been two signings. Any information on the second?

:grinning_face:

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=>Audrey Biggs from Pitt.

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https://x.com/miamioh_wbb/status/2043766313487655085

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Headline excellence. Nice.

https://x.com/TaliaGoodmanWBB/status/2043767594826522777?s=20

Pitt was a total dumpster fire so I bet they lose a lot of players. Great get by the staff.

Impressive comeback from ACL tear…

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https://x.com/TaliaGoodmanWBB/status/2043767970338324897?s=20

https://x.com/TheReportOhio/status/2043776368329081339?s=20

Pitt has one player left on their roster.

One more than Tennessee!

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And the official welcome to Juliana Lamendola!

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And Glenn Box and staff have added another “Bang!”. Addison Baxter from Butler!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXHH2nAjRw2/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

https://www.instagram.com/a_baxter20/p/DXHH2nAjRw2/

A little about Addison, 5’9" guard, who just completed her freshman season at Butler:

2025-26 (Freshman): Appeared in 23 games and had 6 career starts… averaged 5.9 ppg and 2.7 rpg while shooting 43.6-percent from the field and 25.0-percent from behind the arc… scored a season high 14 points against Central Michigan (11/12/25)… recorded a season-high of seven rebounds against Creighton (1/04/26) and eight assists against Wright State (11/03/25)… recorded a season-high 4 steals against Xavier (2/01/26)… Ended the season with a total of 135 points.

High School: 2025 Indiana All-Star… Columbia City’s all-time leader in career points (1,859), assists (523), steals (478) and field goals made

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From the Bulter coach: “Addi is one of the best passing point guards in the entire country,” Head Coach Austin Parkinson explained. “Her ability to play with pace and make others around her better is exciting to watch. Being a taller point guard allows her to defend multiple positions as well. Bulldog fans will love watching her compete the next four years.”