# Rebecca Allen (basketball)

Rebecca Kate "Bec" Allen (born 6 November 1992) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Allen was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Opals were eliminated after losing to the USA in the quarterfinals.
In 2024, she became a commentator and courtside reporter for Women's National Basketball League.

## Early life

Allen was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia and is a dizygotic twin. She played in the junior competition for the suburb Nunawading. Allen was sought out by the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) at the age of 16.

## Career
### WNBL

In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), Allen has played for the Dandenong Rangers (2009–2010), Australian Institute of Sport (2010–2012), Melbourne Boomers (2012–2015) and South East Queensland Stars (2015–2016). In 2014, Allen was awarded the WNBL Robyn Maher Defensive Player of the Year.
Alongside the WNBL, in Australia Allen played with the Knox Raiders for the 2013 SEABL Season where the team took home the Championship. Allen starred and was awarded the Barbara Barton (Grand Final MVP) medal. She was previously awarded the 2011 SEABL Youth Player of the Year.

### WNBA
#### New York Liberty (2015–2022)

After her success at the World Championship, where she won a bronze medal, Allen signed as a free agent with the New York Liberty for the 2015 WNBA season. She made her WNBA debut in the Liberty's 2015 season opener against Atlanta, scoring six points. Shortly into the 2015 season, Allen suffered a season-ending right knee cartilage injury and decided to return home to Australia to undergo surgery.

#### Connecticut Sun (2023)

Allen was traded to the Connecticut Sun in January 2023, as part of a three-team deal.

#### Phoenix Mercury (2024)

On 3 February 2024, the Connecticut Sun traded Allen to the Phoenix Mercury in a sign-and-trade deal in exchange for Moriah Jefferson. Allen played in only 18 games all season. She struggled with injuries, and a hamstring injury sustained in July while preparing for the Paris Olympics tournament kept her sidelined for the rest of the regular season. She was officially ruled out of the postseason after undergoing surgery to address her lingering back issues.

#### Chicago Sky (2025–present)

On 2 February 2025, Allen was traded to the Connecticut Sun. The deal was originally reported as Allen, Natasha Cloud, and the 12th pick in the 2025 WNBA draft being traded in exchange for Alyssa Thomas and Tyasha Harris; however, it was officially part of a larger four-team trade. Subsequently, on 4 February 2025, Allen was traded to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Lindsay Allen and the rights to Nikolina Milić.

### LIGA FEMENINA ENDESA

In 2020, after the pandemic, she signed with the Spanish team, Valencia Basket.

## National Team
### Youth Level

Allen made her debut for the Gems at the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women held in Chile.

### Senior Level

Allen is a current member of the Australian Women's basketball squad. Following good form in preliminary lead-up games, Allen was selected to represent the Opals at the 2014 World Championship held in Turkey where she would make her national team debut.
In 2019, Allen was named to the final roster for the 2019 FIBA Asia Cup. After strong showings throughout this tournament, Allen was named to the tournament All-Star Five.
Allen, like all the other members of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opals women's basketball team, had a difficult tournament. The Opals lost their first two group stage matches. They looked flat against Belgium and then lost to China in heartbreaking circumstances. In their last group match the Opals needed to beat Puerto Rico by 25 or more in their final match to progress. This they did by 27 in a very exciting match. However, they lost to the United States in their quarterfinal 79 to 55.
Allen was in the squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics tournament. However, a hamstring injury sustained in the final warm-up game ruled her out of the tournament.

## Personal life

Allen completed a Masters in Marketing at Deakin University.

## Career statistics
### WNBA
#### Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season
WNBA regular season statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2015 | New York | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | .300 | .000 | — | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| 2016 | New York | 21 | 6 | 13.3 | .459 | .567 | .867 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| 2017 | New York | 33 | 0 | 9.2 | .376 | .341 | .333 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
| 2018 | New York | 28 | 0 | 10.4 | .376 | .263 | .840 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 2019 | New York | 24 | 2 | 17.2 | .417 | .426 | .813 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 7.2 |
| 2020 | Did not play (opted out) | Did not play (opted out) | Did not play (opted out) | Did not play (opted out) | Did not play (opted out) | Did not play (opted out) | Did not play (opted out) | Did not play (opted out) | Did not play (opted out) | Did not play (opted out) | Did not play (opted out) | Did not play (opted out) | Did not play (opted out) |
| 2021 | New York | 25 | 13 | 24.6 | .343 | .381 | .892 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 9.2 |
| 2022 | New York | 25 | 19 | 20.9 | .379 | .313 | .833 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 2023 | Connecticut | 40 | 27 | 21.5 | .408 | .348 | .704 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 6.4 |
| 2024 | Phoenix | 18 | 18 | 24.8 | .417 | .352 | .667 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 7.4 |
| Career | 9 years, 3 teams | 216 | 85 | 17.4 | .392 | .363 | .804 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 6.0 |

#### Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2017 | New York | 1 | 0 | 6.7 | 1.000 | 1.000 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| 2021 | New York | 1 | 1 | 29.0 | .500 | .600 | — | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0° | 0.0 | 11.0 |
| 2022 | New York | 3 | 0 | 16.3 | .286 | .167 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | Connecticut | 6 | 6 | 30.8 | .489 | .423 | 1.000 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 9.7 |
| 2024 | Phoenix | Did not play (injury) | Did not play (injury) | Did not play (injury) | Did not play (injury) | Did not play (injury) | Did not play (injury) | Did not play (injury) | Did not play (injury) | Did not play (injury) | Did not play (injury) | Did not play (injury) | Did not play (injury) |
| Career | 4 years, 2 teams | 11 | 7 | 24.5 | .457 | .421 | 1.000 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 7.7 |