By Chris Stevens, Editor
Our weekly College Corner update has some big news and updates. If we are missing anyone in these recaps, e-mail us at FirstStateHoopsReport@gmail.com
Dover graduate Allen to enter NBA draft
After a successful season at Division II Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL, Dover High graduate Jordan Allen will enter the NBA Draft, making the announcement on Twitter Monday night. Allen has signed with an agent.
A 6’4 guard, Allen was second on the Fighting Knights in scoring (18.4 ppg) and rebounds (6.5 per game) while leading the team in three-point field goals made (97). Allen transferred to Lynn after two years at Division I Rider in Lawrenceville, NJ, where he was an all-MAAC rookie team pick and third team all-conference as a freshman.
Allen was a DSBA first-team all-state pick in 2016, as well as Delaware’s Gatorade player of the year, averaging 26.5 points per game to lead the state. He is the older brother of 2020 Player of the Year Elijah Allen, who will begin his college basketball career at Wagner University this coming season.
Caravel grad Lange earns academic honor
Former Caravel girls’ hoops standout Grace Lange earned the Villanova University women’s basketball team’s Scholar-Athlete award as one of only 19 athletes at the university to maintain a 4.0 GPA.
Lange made the Wildcats as a walk-on following a stellar four-year career at Caravel as a starting forward, including averaging a double-double in her junior and senior seasons. Grace’s mother Karen, currently an assistant coach with the Caravel boys’ team, also played Big 5 women’s basketball at Temple.
Jordan Harding and Danny Walsh (William Penn), Alvin West (St. Thomas More) and Chima Okwu-Lawrence (Concord), Wilmington University
Four players with Delaware high school roots took the floor for the Wilmington University men’s basketball team this season.
Sophomore forward Jordan Harding of William Penn was second on the Wildcats in scoring (12.1 ppg) and led the team in rebounds (5.7 per game). Former Colonial teammate Danny Walsh averaged 11.2 points per contest and led WilmU in three-point field goal percentage (40.9).
Concord alum Chima Okwu-Lawrence (3.3 points and 3.5 rebounds per game) and former St. Thomas More guard Alvin West (2.2 points per game) appeared in 15 and 14 games respectively for the Wildcats in 2019-20.
WilmU to get homegrown transfers
The Wildcats will add more Delaware flavor to the mix as former Cape Henlopen standout Randy Rickards, Smyrna star Caleb Mathews and Newark Charter’s Justin Thomas will all be transferring to WilmU next season.
Thomas was Alvernia’s leading scorer last season, while Matthews will be coming from New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rickards will join the team after two solid years at Baltimore City Community College and Miami Dade College.