Dominique Allen

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| weight_lb = 192

| league = Women's British Basketball League

| team = Manchester Met Mystics

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|9|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wordsley, West Midlands

| nationality = {{GBR}}

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| college = Northumbria University
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles

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| years1 = 2018-2019

| team1 = Visby Ladies

| years2 = 2019-

| team2 = Manchester Mystics

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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.

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),{{cite web |title=Dominique Allen |url=http://www.gbbasketball.com/players/women/index.php?player=85266&includeref=dynamic |publisher=Great Britain Basketball |accessdate=10 July 2012}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer|title=NCAA Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2021-06-13}}

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.

=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. 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.{{cite news |date=22 June 2012 |title=London 2012: Team GB name women's basketball squad |newspaper=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18548095 |accessdate=10 July 2012}}{{cite news |date=22 June 2012 |title=ORU's Dominique Allen Chosen For British Olympic Team |newspaper=News on 6 |url=http://www.newson6.com/story/18858251/orus-dominique-allen-chosen-for-british-olympic-team |accessdate=9 July 2012}} It marked her first appearance in the senior international squad,{{cite news |date=29 June 2012 |title=Dominique snares Olympic place |newspaper=Stourbridge News |url=http://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/sport/9786910.Dominique_snares_Olympic_place/ |accessdate=10 July 2012}} and the first Oral Roberts University Alumni to appear at an Olympics.{{cite news |date=22 June 2012 |title=Former Oral Roberts center Dominique Allen makes British Olympic women's basketball team |newspaper=Daily Journal |url=http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/47adf3adc19f4f07983458faaf43b9a2/BKW--OLY-Oral-Roberts-Allen/ |accessdate=10 July 2012}}{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} It also marked the first appearance of a women's basketball team from Great Britain at an Olympic Games.{{cite news |date=25 June 2012 |title=Liz Nicholl reaction to Team GB and Paralympics GB announcements |newspaper=UK Sport |url=http://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/liz-nicholl-reaction-to-team-gb-and-paralympicsgb-announcements-250612/ |accessdate=10 July 2012}} Allen played for the Great Britain senior team during the 2013, 2015, and 2017 EuroBasket tournaments.{{cite web |last1=Gains |first1=Bradley |title=Dominique Allen Hitting New Heights with Mystics |url=https://www.hoopsfix.com/2017/02/dominique-allen-hitting-new-heights-mystics/ |website=Hoopsfix.com |access-date=2 March 2022 |date=11 February 2017}}

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.{{Cite web|title=Big Interview: Dominique Allen's shot at sporting glory|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/2018/08/11/big-interview-dominique-allens-shot-at-sporting-glory/|access-date=2022-01-27|website=www.shropshirestar.com|date=11 August 2018 |language=en}}

= Professional career =

Allen made her professional debut in the 2012-13 season with Italian side Bologna, becoming a regular starter.{{cite web |last1=Nash |first1=Matthew |title=Basketball star Allen looks back on 'best three weeks of my life' |url=https://metro.co.uk/2013/04/29/basketball-star-dominique-allen-looks-back-on-best-three-weeks-of-my-life-3666772/ |website=Metro |access-date=2 March 2022 |language=en |date=29 April 2013}} 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,{{Cite web|title=Allen crowned Molten WBBL Player of the Month - News - Manchester Magic & Mystics|url=http://www.manchestermagicandmystics.co.uk/news/post/105/allen-crowned-molten-wbbl-player-of-the-month.aspx|access-date=2022-02-15|website=www.manchestermagicandmystics.co.uk|archive-date=15 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215183355/http://www.manchestermagicandmystics.co.uk/news/post/105/allen-crowned-molten-wbbl-player-of-the-month.aspx|url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Dominique Allen named Final MVP in historic win – Women's British Basketball League|date=15 January 2017 |url=http://www.wbbl.org.uk/dominique-allen-named-final-mvp-in-historic-win/|access-date=2022-01-27|language=en-US}}

In November 2018, she signed a contract with ACS Sepsi in Romania.{{Cite web|title=Dominique Allen loving her new life in Romania|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2018/11/06/dominique-allen-loving-her-new-life-in-romania/|access-date=2022-01-27|website=www.expressandstar.com|date=6 November 2018 |language=en}} She also played for Visby Ladies in Sweden in 2019, before returning to the Washington Mystics for the 2019-20 WBBL season.{{cite web |title=Former WBBL Cup MVP Allen lands back in Manchester – Women's British Basketball League |url=http://www.wbbl.org.uk/former-wbbl-cup-mvp-allen-lands-back-in-manchester/ |website=Women's British Basketball League |date=19 September 2019 |access-date=2 March 2022}}

Career statistics

= Oral Roberts University =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

2008-09

|Oral Roberts

|10

|11

|33.3%

|0.0%

|14.3%

|1.6

|0.1

|0.3

|0.5

|1.1

2009-10

|Oral Roberts

|32

|29

|44.8%

|28.6%

|11.1%

|1.6

|0.2

|0.5

|0.3

|0.9

2010-11

|Oral Roberts

|34

|195

|55.9%

|0.0%

|68.8%

|6.0

|0.6

|1.6

|0.6

|5.7

2011-12

|Oral Roberts

|31

|132

|50.9%

|35.7%

|54.3%

|4.1

|0.8

|1.5

|0.5

|4.3

colspan="2" |Career

|107

|367

|51.9%

|25.0%

|54.5%

|3.7

|0.5

|1.1

|0.5

|3.4

Personal life

Dominique is the daughter of former Birmingham Bullets and England men's international Clive Allen.{{cite web |title=Dominique Allen |url=https://oruathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/dominique-allen/2582 |access-date=16 May 2022 |website=Oral Roberts University Athletics |publisher=Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles}} While at Oral Roberts University, Dominique played under the same coach as her father when he was at Northwest Nazarene University.{{cite news |title=Talented Dudley sportswoman ready for first stateside Christmas |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |url=http://www.birminghammail.net/news/black-country/black-country-news//tm_headline=talented-dudley-sportswoman-ready-for-first-stateside-christmas&method=yahoo_full&objectid=25489027&siteid=97319-name_page.html |accessdate=10 July 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 2012, she graduated from Oral Roberts with a degree in graphic design.