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Jersey Number 12
Jacaira Allen
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School/Previous School:
- Dillard HS
- Hometown:
- Pompano Beach, FL
Bio
2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)
- Redshirted the season after suffering an injury during preseason practice.
- Saw action in 20 games, including three SEC contests, during her rookie season.
- Averaged 2.7 points and hauled in 17 rebounds.
- Scored 10 points in her MSU debut, a season-opening win against Villanova.
- Tallied a season-high 14 points on 7 of 9 shooting against San Jose State in the Rainbow Wahine Showdown.
- Standout guard from the Florida prep ranks (Dillard HS).
- Ranked 77thnationally, 22ndguard, by ESPN and Collegiate Girls Report, No. 60 by Blue Star Basketball and 66th by All-Star Girls Report.
- Nominated for McDonald’s All-American.
- Named to the FABC/Source Hoops 6A All-State Team following a final prep campaign that saw her lead Marcia Pinder’s Dillard squad to a 19-7 record and the region semifinals.
- Second team honoree on the 2016 All-Broward 8A-5A Team.
- Selected to play in the FACA All-Star Game.
- Finalist for the Florida Dairy Farmers 6A Miss Basketball award.
- Averaged 15 points and 12 rebounds as a junior in leading the Panthers to a 30-1 record, the program’s ninth Florida 5A state title and spot in the Dick’s Sporting Goods High School Nationals at Madison Square Garden.
- Scored 11 points as Dillard fell in the title game.
- MVP of the BCAA Big 8 championship tournament.
- Named FABC First Team All-State, Class 5A Player of the Year and Sun Sentinel Class 5A-4A-3A-2A Broward Player of the Year after leading the Panthers to a No. 4 final national ranking.
- Played for Miguel Diaz’s Miami Suns AAU program.
- Born May 31, 1998.
- Daughter of Susan Anthony
- Has a sister, Alicia Mardis, who plays basketball for Kilgore College in Texas.
- Goes by the nickname “Iggy,” which she earned in high school.
- Majoring in kinesiology with a concentration in health fitness studies.
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