Apr. 16—The Dayton Flyers women’s basketball team added its first transfer of the spring Wednesday, April 15, announcing the signing of Cori Allen, a 5-foot-10 junior guard.
Allen, who has one season of eligibility remaining, averaged 6.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 30.8 minutes per game last season at Memphis. She shot 37.4% from the field.
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Allen started her career at Illinois, playing two seasons for former Dayton coach Shauna Green and averaging single-digit minutes both seasons.
A Nashville, Tenn., native who attended Hillsboro High School for two years, Allen played her final two seasons of high school basketball at Montverde Academy near Orlando, Fla.
In other Dayton women’s basketball news:
—Brittany Parker joined Tamika Williams-Jeter’s staff as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator on Thursday, April 16. She spent the last four seasons at Virginia Commonwealth, which fired head coach Beth O’Boyle in February during her 12th season.
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“Brittany is a huge win for Flyer Nation!, Williams-Jeter said in a press release. She brings a high standard of winning, recruiting connections and will ignite dominant post play in the A-10 conference. Brittany has built her name in our business off intentional relationships and hard work.”
—Dayton handed out team awards this week at a banquet. Nayo Lear won the MVP award.
Other players honored were: Molly O’Riordan (Most Improved Player); Maliah Johnson (Linda Walz Courage Award); Ajok Madol (Flyer Award); Olivia Leung & Nicole Stephens (Scholar Award)
—Sophomore guard Kamryn Grant announced April 6 that she would enter the transfer portal. She averaged 1.0 point and appeared in 22 games in two seasons at Dayton.
