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Hutchinson (Kan.) Junior College guard Kadeem Allen leads his team with 28.6 points a game
Arizona signee Kadeem Allen, a Hutchinson (Kan.) Junior College shooting guard, is of the same kind of talent as former Wildcats Jason Gardner and Khalid Reeves when it comes to aggressive play.
Allen can beat a team in various ways, averaging 28.6 points and 7.4 rebounds despite being 6’3″, but he can be most dangerous at the free-throw line for the Blue Dragons.
Gardner ranks second in Arizona history with 516 free throws made and Reeves is fourth with 447. Allen broke Hutchinson’s record for most career free throws made (341) in the Blue Dragons’ 98-76 loss to Seward County Saturday night in Liberal, Kan.
It took Gardner and Reeves four years to reach their marks, but they each averaged well over 100 free throws made a season. Gardner averaged 129 free throws out of 165.8 attempts each season. Reeves: 111.8 out of 146.5 attempts.
In his less than two seasons with Hutchinson, Allen has attempted 465 free throws and converted 331, 71.2 percent. He is averaging 165.5 free throws made out of an eye-popping 232.5 attempts in each season. That is almost 60 more attempts than Gardner attempted each season.
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Kadeem Allen finishes with 27 points to move into No. 9 on the career scoring list with 1,112 points. He now has a HCC-best 341 FTs
— Blue Dragon Sports (@bluedragonsport) January 19, 2014
A bit of good news for Hutch. Kadeem Allen broke the school record for most FTs in a career. At least it's something …
— hutchsports (@hutchsports) January 19, 2014
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You can watch Allen play against Seward in the video posted above. You can also view archived games of Allen this season at NJCAATV.com.
Allen’s next game with Hutchinson (16-3) is against visiting Cloud County (Kan.) on Wednesday night. Eleven regular-season games and potentially eight postseason games remain for Allen to add to his unbelievable free-throw marks.
Turns out that high-profile Class of 2015 Arizona commit Tyler Dorsey did not play with Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco in the Spalding HoopHall Classic this weekend because of a suspension levied by his parents in relation to a final-exam performance, according to AAU and youth basketball organizer Dinos Trigonis.
UConn-bound Daniel Hamilton scored 25 points in Dorsey’s absence Saturday to help St. John Bosco defeat St. Frances Academy of Baltimore 63-60 in the Springfield, Mass., tournament.
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Tyler Dorsey is not playing this weekend at the Hoop Hall Classic, per @trigonis30. Parental decision related to final exam performance.
— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) January 18, 2014
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HIGH SCHOOL STATS LISTED IN THIS BLOG WERE REFERENCED FROM MAXPREPS.COM.
WILDABOUTAZCATS.net publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He also writes articles for Bleacher Report, Lindy’s College Sports and TucsonCitizen.com.
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