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@LA_Cruisen |
@lallen15 |
April 13, 2017 | Drafted by the New York Liberty in the second round (No. 14 overall) in the 2017 WNBA Draft |
May 12, 2017 | Waived by the New York Liberty |
May 31, 2017 | Signed by the New York Liberty |
May 18, 2018 | Waived by the New York Liberty |
May 20, 2018 | Signed by the Las Vegas Aces |
March 2, 2020 | Signed by the Las Vegas Aces |
February 15, 2021 | Traded to Indiana Fever |
February 4, 2022 | Re-Signed by the Indiana Fever |
WNBA REGULAR SEASON CAREER
2021 (Indiana)
- In her first season with Indiana after being traded from Las Vegas, Allen recorded 5.4 points, 1.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, a 42.8 field goal percentage, 81.1 free throw shooting percentage and 17.8 minutes per game, which were all career-high averages.
- Started eight games…Joined Kelsey Mitchell and Teaira McCowan as the only Fever players to play all 32 games this season and also played in her 100th career WNBA game.
- Finished second in the WNBA in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.1 behind only Sue Bird.
- Made a career-high 14 3-point field goals
2020 (Las Vegas)
- Set and tied her career scoring high of 11 points in back-to-back games—vs. Atlanta on July 26 and vs. Dallas on August 2
- Missed the Aces July 31 game vs. Phoenix due to an inconclusive positive COVID-19 test
- Set career highs in scoring, field goal percentage and three-point field goal percentage
- Led or tied for the team lead in assists on 3 occasions
2019 (Las Vegas)
- Did Not Play—Injured
2018 (Las Vegas—Photo Gallery)
- Made the first start of her WNBA career in the Aces’ season-opener at Connecticut on May 20
- Scored a season-high 9 points and recorded a career-high 4 steals vs. Atlanta on June 8
- Grabbed a career-high tying 5 rebounds at Connecticut on May 20
- Handed out a career-high 8 assists vs. Chicago on June 3
2017 (New York)
- Scored a season-high 6 points vs. Atlanta on June 7
- Grabbed a career-high 5 rebounds on two occasions
- Handed out a season-high 5 assists at Minnesota on July 25
WNBA POSTSEASON CAREER
2020 (Las Vegas)
- Scored a career postseason-high 4 points vs. Connecticut on September 20
- Grabbed her first career postseason rebound and blocked her first carer postseason shot on October 6 at Seattle.
2017 (New York)
- Saw her first career postseason action in the Liberty’s 82-68 loss to Washington in the Second Round, handing out a career postseason-high 3 assists
- Former Notre Dame players are thriving in the WNBA (August 29, 2020)
- Las Vegas Aces players share Final Four memories (April 2, 2020)
- Boomers Gamble On A Fit Allen For Finals (January 16, 2020)
- Melbourne Boomers hope WNBA imports hold key to success (June 29, 2019)
- Lindsay Allen making all the right reads for Melbourne Boomers (December 7, 2018)
- Lindsay Allen has been one of a kind for Notre Dame women’s basketball (February 22, 2017)
2020-21 [Nika Syktyvkar—Russia (PBL)]
2019-20 [Melbourne Boomers—Australia (WNBL)]
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- Team advanced to the WNBL semifinals after finishing the year with the third best record in the regular season
- Named WNBL Player of the Week on 1 occasion
- Named to the WNBL Team of the Week on 4 occasions
- Scored in double figures on 16 occasions, and 20 or more points on 5 occasions, including a season-high 25 points on 2 occasions
- Grabbed a season-high 7 rebounds on October 19 vs. Bendigo
- Handed out a season-high 8 assists vs. Southside on December 7
- Recorded a season-high 5 steals vs. Perth on December 8
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2018-19 [Melbourne Boomers—Australia (WNBL)]
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- Team advanced to the WNBL semifinals after finishing the year with the second best record in the regular season
- Lost to Aces teammate Nia Coffey in the WNBL semis
- Named to the WNBL Team of the Week on 5 occasions, and Player of the Week twice
- Named WNBL Player of the Month for November
- Scored in double figures on 20 occasions, and 20 or more points 10 times, including a season-high 29 points on two occasions
- Handed out a season-high 8 assists on 2 occasions
- Grabbed a season-high 8 rebounds on January 19 vs. Dandenong
- Recorded a season-high 3 steals on 5 occasions
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2017-18 [Dynamo M.—Russia (PBL)]
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- Team finished 9th in the league
- Finished 2nd on the team in scoring, and 1st in field goal percentage, three-point field goal percentage, assists and steals
- Scored 10 or more points on 14 occasions, including a season-high 20 points on December 3 vs. Dynamo K
- Handed out 10 or more assists on 3 occasions including a season-high 12 on February 25 vs. Sparta&K MR
- Also picked up a season-high 4 steals against Sparta&K MR
- Grabbed a season-high 6 rebounds on 2 occasions
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2017-18 [Dynamo M.—Russia (EEWBL)]
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- Team finished in 3rd place in Group B during the regular season
- Helped Dynamo M to the semifinals of the Eastern European Women’s Basketball League
- Finished 3rd on the team in scoring, 2nd in field goal percentage, 1st in assists and 3rd in steals
- Scored 10 or more points on 5 occasions, including a season-high 21-point performance on January 13 vs. Tsmoki-Minsk
- Handed out a season-high 12 assists, and handed out a season-high 7 assists on December 9 vs. Piestanske
- Recorded a season-high 3 steals on September 29 vs. TTT Riga
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OVERSEAS STATISTICS
Year | Team | League | G | Min | FG | FGA | FG% | 3G | 3GA | 3G% | FT | FTA | FT% | OR | DR | REB | A | S | B | TO | PF | PTS | Avg |
2017-18 | Dynamo M. | PBL | 20 | 597 | 87 | 199 | .437 | 17 | 34 | .500 | .40 | 55 | .727 | 9 | 59 | 68 | 104 | 26 | 1 | 53 | 61 | 231 | 11.6 |
2017-18 | Dynamo M. | EEWBL | 11 | 335 | 39 | 82 | .476 | 4 | 15 | .267 | 29 | 37 | .784 | 3 | 34 | 37 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 24 | 111 | 10.1 |
2018-19 | Melbourne | WNBL | 23 | 747 | 166 | 324 | .512 | 30 | 93 | .323 | 56 | 65 | .862 | 14 | 76 | 90 | 121 | 27 | 6 | 57 | 49 | 418 | 18.2 |
2019-20 | Melbourne | WNBL | 20 |
108 |
223 |
.484 |
22 |
61 |
.361 |
58 |
67 |
.868 |
7 |
61 |
68 |
96 |
24 |
1 |
34 |
296 |
14.8 |
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Russian League (PBL) | 20 | 597 | 87 | 199 | .437 | 17 | 34 | .500 | 40 | 55 | .727 | 9 | 59 | 68 | 104 | 26 | 1 | 53 | 61 | 231 | 11.6 | ||
Eastern European League (EEWBL) | 11 | 335 | 39 | 82 | .476 | 4 | 15 | .267 | 29 | 37 | .784 | 3 | 34 | 37 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 24 | 111 | 10.1 | ||
Australian League (WNBL) | 43 | 274 | 547 | .501 | 52 | 154 | .338 | 114 | 132 | .864 | 21 | 137 | 158 | 217 | 51 | 7 | 91 | 714 | 16.6 | ||||
Totals | 74 | 400 | 828 | .483 | 73 | 203 | .360 | 183 | 224 | .817 | 33 | 230 | 263 | 384 | 89 | 10 | 174 | 1056 | 14.2 |
Career (Notre Dame, 2013-17)
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- Team was 139-10 during her four years
- Set Notre Dame records for career assists, career starts and consecutive starts
- Set ACC record for career assists
- Ranked 22nd in NCAA history in career assists at the time of her graduation and 4th in NCAA Tournament career assists (115)
- Tied for 21st in Notre Dame history in career points, 7th in career steals, and 2nd in career minutes played at the time of her graduation
- One of only two Irish players at the time (Mary Gavin ‘88) to record three 200+ assist season
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Senior (Notre Dame, 2016-17)
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- Nancy Lieberman Award Finalist
- Wooden Award National Ballot
- Naismith Trophy Midseason Top 30 List
- AP All-America Third Team
- WBCA Coaches’ All-America Team Finalist
- WBCA All-Region I Team
- Senior CLASS Award Finalist
- All-ACC First Team (Blue Ribbon Panel, Coaches)
- ACC Tournament MVP
- All-ACC Tournament First Team
- NCAA All-Regional Team
- Preseason WNIT All-Tournament Team
- Team captain
- Advanced to the Elite Eight
- Set Notre Dame record and ACC record for assists in a season
- Ranked 2nd in the nation in assists and assist-to-turnover ratio, and 4th in assists per game (7.62), leading the ACC in all three categories
- Tied a program record with 3 straight games with double-digit assist totals, doing so twice (January 22-29 and March 3-5
- Recorded the 6th triple-double in program history with 11 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists in a December 27 in at Chattanooga
- Scored a season-high 18 points vs. Boston College on February 23
- Named MVP of the ACC Tournament after accumulating an event-record 33 assists as the Irish won their 4th consecutive conference tournament title
- Handed out a career-high 13 assists in the conference championship game against Duke on March 5, which also tied the single-game ACC Tournament record
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Junior (Notre Dame, 2015-16)
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- Nancy Lieberman Award Finalist
- Naismith Trophy Midseason Top 30 List
- WBCA Coaches’ All-America Team Finalist
- WBCA All-Region 1 Team
- All-ACC First Team (Blue Ribbon Panel, Coaches)
- All-ACC Tournament First Team
- ACC Player of the Week (Dec. 28)
- Advanced to the Sweet 16
- Scored in double figures in 17 games
- Led ACC in assists and assist-to-turnover ratio, ranking 20th and 14th in the nation in those categories respectively
- Handed out a season-high 11 assists in road win over No. 9 Florida State
- Recorded 2nd double-digit assist effort with 10 in the Irish’s NCAA Tournament 1st Round win over North Carolina A&T
- Scored a season-high 22 points in 2nd Round NCAA Tournament win over Indiana
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Sophomore (Notre Dame, 2014-15)
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- Honorable Mention All-American (AP, Full Court Press)
- Nancy Lieberman Award Finalist
- NCAA Oklahoma City Regional Most Outstanding Player
- NCAA Oklahoma City Regional All-Tournament Team
- Advanced to the Final Four
- Recorded 17 double-digit scoring efforts
- Led the ACC in assists and assist-to-turnover ratio, while ranking 30th and 32nd in the nation in those categories respectively
- Tied Notre Dame sophomore record for single-season assists (Mary Gavin, 205 in 1985-86)
- Became the 4th Notre Dame player to record a 200 assist season
- Her 2.14 assist-to-turnover ratio was the 4th highest in program history
- Played the 4th most minutes in a season in program history
- Grabbed a career-high 9 rebounds at No. 15 Michigan State
- Score a season-high 28 points, including 24 in the first half, in the team’s Sweet 16 victory over No. 14 Stanford
- Averaged 25.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 5.5 assists while connecting on 57.6 percent of her field goal attempts in the NCAA Oklahoma City Regional, en route to being named the regional’s most outstanding player
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Freshman (Notre Dame, 2013-14)
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- Advanced to the Final Four
- Full Court Press Freshman All-America Third Team
- Scored in double figures on 8 occasions
- Led ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.24) and ranked 7th in assists
- Set Notre Dame freshman records for assists, assist-to-turnover ratio and games started
- Ranked 2nd all-time among Notre Dame freshman in assist average, games played and minutes played
- Scored a season-high 16 points vs. Miami
- Handed out a season-high 8 assists vs. Virginia Tech
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COLLEGE STATISTICS
Year | Team | League | G | GS | Min | FG | FGA | FG% | 3G | 3GA | 3G% | FT | FTA | FT% | OR | DR | REB | A | S | B | TO | PF | PTS | Avg |
2013-14 | Notre Dame | ACC | 38 | 38 | 1017 | 77 | 155 | .497 | 15 | 42 | .357 | 66 | 81 | .815 | 11 | 79 | 90 | 150 | 49 | 9 | 67 | 81 | 235 | 6.2 |
2014-15 | Notre Dame | ACC | 39 | 39 | 1211 | 155 | 297 | .522 | 20 | 54 | .370 | 76 | 89 | .854 | 23 | 115 | 138 | 205 | 51 | 3 | 96 | 75 | 406 | 10.4 |
2015-16 | Notre Dame | ACC | 39 | 35 | 1047 | 127 | 255 | .498 | 8 | 30 | .267 | 65 | 91 | .714 | 21 | 110 | 131 | 204 | 45 | 3 | 81 | 69 | 327 | 9.3 |
2016-17 | Notre Dame | ACC | 37 | 37 | 1279 | 139 | 281 | .495 | 8 | 21 | .381 | 69 | 93 | .742 | 27 | 170 | 197 | 282 | 83 | 4 | 79 | 75 | 355 | 9.6 |
Totals | 149 | 149 | 4554 | 498 | 988 | .504 | 51 | 147 | .288 | 276 | 354 | .780 | 82 | 474 | 556 | 841 | 199 | 19 | 323 | 300 | 1323 | 8.9 |
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- Graduated with a 4.04 cumulative GPA
- Girls Basketball Team went 110-16 (.873) during her time there
- Averaged 12.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.8 assists during her career
- As a senior, led team to a 27-1 record, and Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) championship, while averaging 16.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 8.0 assists per game
- Scored a game-high 28 points in the WCAC Championship game win (67-66) over Our Lady of Good Counsel
- As a junior, led team to a26-7 record and WCAC runner-up finish, while averaging 13.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game
- As a sophomore, led team to a 33-2 record as well as conference and city titles, while averaging 14.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game
- Averaged 7.0 points and 4.0 assists as a reserve her freshman year, while team posted a 24-6 record
- Scored a career-high 32 points in 2011
- 2013 McDonald’s High School All-America Team selection
- 2013 WBCA High School All-America Team selection
- 2013 USA Today All-USA First Team selection
- 2013 MaxPreps Second-Team All-America selection
- 2013 Gatorade Washington DC High School Player of the Year
- Three-time Washington Post All-Metro First Team selection (2012, 2012, 2013)
- Four-Time Al-Conference selection (First Team in 2011, 2012, 2013; Honorable Mention in 2010)
- Ranked in the top 25 by all major recruiting services in the Class of 2013
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- Nicknamed “L.A.”
- Daughter of Lorna Wilson-Allen and Terrell Allen III
- Youngest of three children