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Former Indiana center Oumar Ballo joining Miami Heat summer league roster

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NCAA Basketball: Indiana at Oregon
Mar 4, 2025; Eugene, Oregon, USA; Indiana Hoosiers center Oumar Ballo (11) dunks the ball against the Oregon Ducks during the second half at Matthew Knight Arena. Mandatory Credit: Craig Strobeck-Imagn Images

Former Indiana center Oumar Ballo has will be joining the Miami Heat summer league roster, per Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald.

He will join former Indiana center Kel’el Ware on the summer league roster.

Ballo will participate next month with the right to earn his way into a training camp deal. The Heat begin summer league play in the California Classic on July 5 against the San Antonio Spurs. They’ll play three games agains the Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors before heading to the Las Vegas Summer League.

During the pre-draft period, Ballo had workouts with nearly a dozen different teams.

Ballo played in 31 games — with 29 starts — for Indiana in his only season in Bloomington. He averaged 13.0 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.3 blocks per game. He also shot 62.3 percent from the floor. He had five 20+ point games and 13 double-doubles. 

Oumar Ballo saw his best play come at the start of January when he averaged 17.2 points, 11.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks a game during a nine game stretch. He scored in double figures all nine games and had three 20+ point games.

He finished last season first in the Big Ten in field goal percent, second in rebounds, second in offensive rebound rate, third in total rebound rate and sixth in block rate.

Before Indiana, Oumar Ballo played three seasons with Arizona where he averaged 11.2 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks a game. 

Ballo was a two-time All-Pac 12 performer. 

Ballo originally committed to Gonzaga out of high school and played 24 games for the Zags, averaging 2.5 points and 1.5 rebounds off the bench.

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