The University of Mississippi Athletics
Crystal Allen Named Second-Team All-SEC
3/5/2019 | Women's Basketball
Allen is the First Rebel to Earn All-SEC Since Tia Faleru in 2014-15
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Ole Miss women's basketball senior Crystal Allen has been named Second-Team All-SEC, the conference announced Tuesday morning.
Allen – a fifth-year graduate transfer and native of Fort Worth, Texas – emerged as one of the top scoring threats in the SEC during her lone season at Ole Miss in 2018-19. Allen ended the regular season ranked third in the league in scoring at 18.3 points per game (fourth in SEC play at 18.4 PPG) and as the conference leader in free throw percentage at 82.6. Allen's 549 points this year makes her the first Rebel to eclipse 500 points in a single season since Bianca Thomas scored 670 in 2009-10.
Allen scored in double-digits in 27 of 30 games played this season, scoring at least 20 points in 13 games and passing the 30-point plateau twice – including in the regular season finale vs. Tennessee. Helping in her effort atop the SEC's free throw shooting standings was a mystifying streak from the charity stripe from Jan. 10 to Feb. 3, during which she hit 47 consecutive free throws – which was the longest active streak in the NCAA at the time. From Dec. 8 until Feb. 3, Allen did not miss multiple free throws, going 63-of-69 in that stretch (.913).
With her honors today, Allen becomes the first Rebel to earn All-SEC honors since Tia Faleru was named First-Team All-SEC in 2014-15.
Ole Miss opens the SEC Tournament this Wednesday (March 6) against Florida. Tipoff is slated to 10 a.m. CT on SEC Network.
Allen's Season Highlights
• Has started 25 of 30 games
• Ole Miss leading scorer in 26 of 30 games
• 3rd SEC in total points (549)
• 3rd in SEC with 18.3 PPG
• Ranks 4th with 18.4 PPG in SEC play
• 2nd SEC in threes made (79)
• Leads the SEC in free throw shooting at 82.6 percent
• Also ranks in SEC overall top-10 in: threes per game (2nd, 2.6), three-point shooting (6th, .335) and minutes per game (8th, 33.7)
• Held the NCAA's longest active free throw streak at one point. Hit 47 consecutive free throws from Jan. 10 until Feb. 3, going 47-of-50 in that stretch (.940)
• Did not miss multiple free throws in a game from Dec. 8 until Feb. 3, going 63-of-69 (.913)
• Ranks in the NCAA top-100 in 10 categories
• 13 games with 20+ points
• Double-digits in 27 of 30 games played
• 20+ points in five of last six games (averaging 22.5 PPG)
• Has accounted for 38.9 percent of all Rebel scoring in the last six games
• Has scored 50 points in the last two games, 50.5 percent of all Rebel scoring
• Career-high 34 points vs. North Florida, which at the time was the most by anyone in the SEC
• 28 points at No. 16 Kentucky, 26 in the second half for the first Ole Miss win over a ranked team on the road since 2011 (first at UK since 2007)
• 29 points vs. No. 6 Mississippi State registered tied for the most scored against the Bulldogs this season
• In a blistering three-game stretch from Dec. 19 to Jan. 3, averaged 26.3 PPG and sank 15 threes in three consecutive 20-point outings.
• On pace for the 2nd-most threes in a season in Ole Miss history (79)
• Averaging 21.7 PPG in wins, 17.9 PPG on the road
Follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissWBB, Facebook at Ole Miss WBB on Instagram at Ole MissWBB and on Snapchat with the handle @OleMissWBB. You can also follow head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin on Twitter at @YolettMcCuin
Allen – a fifth-year graduate transfer and native of Fort Worth, Texas – emerged as one of the top scoring threats in the SEC during her lone season at Ole Miss in 2018-19. Allen ended the regular season ranked third in the league in scoring at 18.3 points per game (fourth in SEC play at 18.4 PPG) and as the conference leader in free throw percentage at 82.6. Allen's 549 points this year makes her the first Rebel to eclipse 500 points in a single season since Bianca Thomas scored 670 in 2009-10.
Allen scored in double-digits in 27 of 30 games played this season, scoring at least 20 points in 13 games and passing the 30-point plateau twice – including in the regular season finale vs. Tennessee. Helping in her effort atop the SEC's free throw shooting standings was a mystifying streak from the charity stripe from Jan. 10 to Feb. 3, during which she hit 47 consecutive free throws – which was the longest active streak in the NCAA at the time. From Dec. 8 until Feb. 3, Allen did not miss multiple free throws, going 63-of-69 in that stretch (.913).
With her honors today, Allen becomes the first Rebel to earn All-SEC honors since Tia Faleru was named First-Team All-SEC in 2014-15.
Ole Miss opens the SEC Tournament this Wednesday (March 6) against Florida. Tipoff is slated to 10 a.m. CT on SEC Network.
Allen's Season Highlights
• Has started 25 of 30 games
• Ole Miss leading scorer in 26 of 30 games
• 3rd SEC in total points (549)
• 3rd in SEC with 18.3 PPG
• Ranks 4th with 18.4 PPG in SEC play
• 2nd SEC in threes made (79)
• Leads the SEC in free throw shooting at 82.6 percent
• Also ranks in SEC overall top-10 in: threes per game (2nd, 2.6), three-point shooting (6th, .335) and minutes per game (8th, 33.7)
• Held the NCAA's longest active free throw streak at one point. Hit 47 consecutive free throws from Jan. 10 until Feb. 3, going 47-of-50 in that stretch (.940)
• Did not miss multiple free throws in a game from Dec. 8 until Feb. 3, going 63-of-69 (.913)
• Ranks in the NCAA top-100 in 10 categories
• 13 games with 20+ points
• Double-digits in 27 of 30 games played
• 20+ points in five of last six games (averaging 22.5 PPG)
• Has accounted for 38.9 percent of all Rebel scoring in the last six games
• Has scored 50 points in the last two games, 50.5 percent of all Rebel scoring
• Career-high 34 points vs. North Florida, which at the time was the most by anyone in the SEC
• 28 points at No. 16 Kentucky, 26 in the second half for the first Ole Miss win over a ranked team on the road since 2011 (first at UK since 2007)
• 29 points vs. No. 6 Mississippi State registered tied for the most scored against the Bulldogs this season
• In a blistering three-game stretch from Dec. 19 to Jan. 3, averaged 26.3 PPG and sank 15 threes in three consecutive 20-point outings.
• On pace for the 2nd-most threes in a season in Ole Miss history (79)
• Averaging 21.7 PPG in wins, 17.9 PPG on the road
Follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissWBB, Facebook at Ole Miss WBB on Instagram at Ole MissWBB and on Snapchat with the handle @OleMissWBB. You can also follow head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin on Twitter at @YolettMcCuin
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