John Allen (basketball)

John Allen is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays for Eisbären Bremerhaven^[1]. Allen hails from Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and played college basketball at Seton Hall University from 2001-2005. Allen is currently 15th all time in Seton Hall scoring (1,466), while averaging 12.3 points per game. Allen is also 4th all time in minutes played (3,821) and 6th all time in career starts (111) at Seton Hall University.

Awards

• 2000 & 2001 All-State Pennsylvania
• 2001 Parade Magazine 2nd Team All-American
• 2001 McDonald's All-American Honorable Mention
• 2001 USA Today 3rd Team All USA
• 2001 SLAM Magazine All-American Honorable Mention
• 2001 EA Sports Roundball Classic (leading scorer)
• 2002 All Big East Rookie Team
• 2003 Metropolitan 2nd Team
• 2005 USBL Rookie of the Year

Achievements

• Coatesville (PA) High School's All Time Leading Scorer (2,372)surpassing Detroit Pistons great Richard Hamilton (basketball).
• Averaged 26 points per game as senior, leading Coatesville to State Class AAAA Title.
• Scored 29 points for East in 2001 EA Sports Roundball Classic All-American Game.

Former Teams

• 1998-2001 Coatesville (PA) High School
• 2001-2005 Seton Hall University- South Orange, NJ (Big East Conference)
• 2005 New Jersey Flyers of the USBL (United States Basketball League)
• 2005 Detroit Pistons Summer League Team
• 2005-2006 Kouvot Bears of Korisliiga in Finland
• 2006-2007 Ironi Ramat Gan of Premier League in Israel
• 2007-2008 New Yorker Phantoms of Bundesliga in Germany.
• 2008-2009 Strasbourg IG of French Basketball League.
• 2010 Kauhajoen Karhu of Korisliiga in Finland

References

External links

• The Setonian: On track from South Orange to Finland.
• John Allen is represented by Court-Side Global Management and Representation (www.court-side.com)
• SLAM Online: Where are they at?