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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Crystal Allen Named SEC Player of the Week
12/31/2018 | Women's Basketball
Allen Scored 34 Points vs. North Florida, the Most by any SEC Player This Year
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After a sizzling career day against North Florida on Dec. 28, Ole Miss women's basketball senior Crystal Allen has been named the SEC Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday morning.
Allen – a native of Fort Worth, Texas – poured in a career-high 34 points vs. the Ospreys, the most points scored by anyone in the SEC this season. Allen was 11-of-17 from the field, which also included an absurd 9-of-15 line from beyond the arc, the second-most threes in a single-game in Ole Miss history and the most by anyone in the SEC this season by two. Remarkably, Allen nailed five of her nine three-pointers in the first quarter alone. Allen set women's Pavilion records in both points and threes made, and her nine threes rank tied for the third-most in a single game in the NCAA this season.
Her 34-point performance is the highest scoring output by a Rebel since current senior Torri Lewis notched 36 vs. New Orleans as a freshman on Dec. 14, 2015 – the same game she set the Ole Miss three-pointer single-game record with 10 treys (which still ties for the third-most in NCAA history for a single game).
This is just the latest in a long string of strong performances this season for Allen, who has now scored in double-digits in 12 of 14 games played and has also recorded at least 20 points in five games. Allen's dynamite showing vs. North Florida pushed her season scoring average up to 18.2 points per game, the second-best average in the conference behind Texas A&M's Chennedy Carter (21.0 PPG).
Allen actually leads the SEC in total points (255) and threes made (42), while also ranking in the top-10 in threes per game (second, 3.0/game), minutes (third, 34.8/game), three-point percentage (fifth, .408) and free throw percentage (seventh, .796). Her point total and total threes made also put her at No. 11 in the NCAA in both categories. Allen is on pace to hit 90 threes by season's end, which would rank as the second-best single-season total in Ole Miss history behind Bianca Thomas' 100 threes from 2009-10.
Ole Miss opens SEC play at Missouri on Jan. 3 at 7 p.m. CT, before returning to Oxford for its SEC home opener vs. Arkansas on SEC Network on Jan. 6 at 2 p.m.
Allen – a native of Fort Worth, Texas – poured in a career-high 34 points vs. the Ospreys, the most points scored by anyone in the SEC this season. Allen was 11-of-17 from the field, which also included an absurd 9-of-15 line from beyond the arc, the second-most threes in a single-game in Ole Miss history and the most by anyone in the SEC this season by two. Remarkably, Allen nailed five of her nine three-pointers in the first quarter alone. Allen set women's Pavilion records in both points and threes made, and her nine threes rank tied for the third-most in a single game in the NCAA this season.
Her 34-point performance is the highest scoring output by a Rebel since current senior Torri Lewis notched 36 vs. New Orleans as a freshman on Dec. 14, 2015 – the same game she set the Ole Miss three-pointer single-game record with 10 treys (which still ties for the third-most in NCAA history for a single game).
This is just the latest in a long string of strong performances this season for Allen, who has now scored in double-digits in 12 of 14 games played and has also recorded at least 20 points in five games. Allen's dynamite showing vs. North Florida pushed her season scoring average up to 18.2 points per game, the second-best average in the conference behind Texas A&M's Chennedy Carter (21.0 PPG).
Allen actually leads the SEC in total points (255) and threes made (42), while also ranking in the top-10 in threes per game (second, 3.0/game), minutes (third, 34.8/game), three-point percentage (fifth, .408) and free throw percentage (seventh, .796). Her point total and total threes made also put her at No. 11 in the NCAA in both categories. Allen is on pace to hit 90 threes by season's end, which would rank as the second-best single-season total in Ole Miss history behind Bianca Thomas' 100 threes from 2009-10.
Ole Miss opens SEC play at Missouri on Jan. 3 at 7 p.m. CT, before returning to Oxford for its SEC home opener vs. Arkansas on SEC Network on Jan. 6 at 2 p.m.
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