Dominique Allen

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Dominique Allen
No. 20–Manchester Met Mystics
League Women's British Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1989-09-10) 10 September 1989 (age 34)
Wordsley, West Midlands
NationalityFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight192 lb (87 kg)
Career information
College Northumbria University
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
Career history
2018-2019 Visby Ladies
2019- Manchester Mystics
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team

Dominique Jayne Allen (born 10 September 1989) is a British basketball player, currently playing for the Manchester Mystics of the Women's British Basketball League (WBBL). She was a member of the British women's basketball team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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Career

College career

Allen started her career in Birmingham, before spending two seasons playing in the English Basketball League and BUSA competition for Northumbria University, where she earned Most Valuable Player honors in 2006-07. She then transferred to Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma (playing alongside British teammate Georgia Jones), [1] playing 10 games in her first season and 33 in her sophomore year.

In 2010-11, she averaged 5.7 points and 6.0 rebounds per game in 34 games played, including a career-best 15-point and 10 rebound effort against Western Illinois University, her first career double-double. [2]

In her senior season, she averaged 4.3 points and 4.1 rebounds, starting 12 of 31 games played. played her final college game against Wichita State University on March 16, 2012 in the first round of the 2012 Women's National Invitation tournament, playing eight minutes in a 79-57 loss. [3]

International career

Having already represented Great Britain at the 2008 and 2009 European Championships as an under-20 (averaging 5.2 points and 7.3 rebounds in 2009), Allen went on to play for the GB Futures team at the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China. [1] Allen made her senior international debut in 2012 against Croatia, before being selected as one of twelve players to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. [4] [5] It marked her first appearance in the senior international squad, [6] and the first Oral Roberts University Alumni to appear at an Olympics. [7] It also marked the first appearance of a women's basketball team from Great Britain at an Olympic Games. [8] Allen played for the Great Britain senior team during the 2013, 2015, and 2017 EuroBasket tournaments. [9]

Allen was a member of the Great Britain women's team that competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, earning the silver medal after losing 99-55 to Australia in the gold-medal match. [10]

Professional career

Allen made her professional debut in the 2012-13 season with Italian side Bologna, becoming a regular starter. [11] She left Bologna to sign with the Manchester Mystics for the 2017-18 season, being named the Molten WBBL Player of the Month in January 2017, [12] and later that season, led the Manchester Mystics to a WBBL Cup Final win, earning MVP awards after a 21-point, 11-rebound performance in the final. [13]

In November 2018, she signed a contract with ACS Sepsi in Romania. [14] She also played for Visby Ladies in Sweden in 2019, before returning to the Washington Mystics for the 2019-20 WBBL season. [15]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

Oral Roberts University

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2008-09Oral Roberts101133.3%0.0%14.3%1.60.10.30.51.1
2009-10Oral Roberts322944.8%28.6%11.1%1.60.20.50.30.9
2010-11Oral Roberts3419555.9%0.0%68.8%6.00.61.60.65.7
2011-12Oral Roberts3113250.9%35.7%54.3%4.10.81.50.54.3
Career10736751.9%25.0%54.5%3.70.51.10.53.4

Personal life

Dominique is the daughter of former Birmingham Bullets and England men's international Clive Allen. [3] While at Oral Roberts University, Dominique played under the same coach as her father when he was at Northwest Nazarene University. [16] In 2012, she graduated from Oral Roberts with a degree in graphic design. [1] [3]

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  2. ↑ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
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