Jillian Alleyne

Jillian Chantel Alleyne^[1] (born September 8, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Tarsus Belediyesi Basketball of the Turkish Super League. ^[2]

Jillian Alleyne

Alleyne with the Minnesota Lynx in 2019
No. 14 – Tarsus Belediyesi Basketball
Position	Center
League	Turkish Super League
Personal information
Born	(1994-09-08) September 8, 1994 (age 30) Fontana, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	188 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High school	Summit (Fontana, California)
College	Oregon (2012–2016)
WNBA draft	2016: 2nd round, 20th overall pick
Drafted by	Phoenix Mercury
Playing career	2017–present
Career history
2018–2019	IDK Gipuzkoa
2018–2019	Hapoel Rishon LeZion
2019	Minnesota Lynx
2019–2020	Elitzur Ramla
2021	Washington Mystics
2022–2023	Maccabi Ramat Gan
2023	Elitzur Ramla
2023–2024	Panathinaikos
2024-	Tarsus Belediyesi Basketball
Career highlights
2x Third-team All-American – AP (2015, 2016) Pac-12 Co-Player of the Year (2016) 2x Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2015, 2016) 3x All-Pac-12 (2014–2016) Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2013) NCAA season rebounding leader (2014)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Early life

Alleyne graduated from Summit High School in Fontana, California, in 2012.^[3] She was a McDonald's All-American nominee, named Sunkist League MVP, an all-state selection, and Inland Valley Player of the Year.^[4]

College career

She recorded 21 consecutive double-doubles in an NCAA game, the third most in NCAA women's basketball history. She averaged 19.6 points per game and 16.3 rebounds per game during the 21 games.^[5]

Alleyne shared the media version of the Pac-12 Player of the Year award in 2016 with Oregon State's Jamie Weisner,^[6] who had also won the Pac-12 coaches' version of the award.^[7]

She led among Division I teams with 16.2 rebounds per game in her sophomore year 2013–14. The following year she was second, averaging 15.2 rebounds per game and in her senior year she was also second in the nation, averaging 13.6 rebounds per game. In each of her last three years, she was the nation's leader, among Division I players, in offensive rebounds per game.^[8] In 2014–15 she was the US leader in double doubles (double digit scoring and double digit rebounds). She recorded a double double in 29 games.^[8]

For her college career, she has the third most rebounds and the second most double doubles in NCAA Division I history.^[9]

Oregon statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage
FT%	Free throw percentage	RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game
TO	Turnovers per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high	*	Led Division I

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2012-13	Oregon	31	402	45.1	-	53.8	11.9	1.0	0.9	1.3	13.0
2013-14	Oregon	32	684	55.4	-	70.9	*16.2	2.0	1.6	1.1	21.4
2014-15	Oregon	30	551	57.6	50.0	56.4	15.2	1.2	0.8	1.4	18.4
2015-16	Oregon	27	514	58.5	-	60.7	13.6	2.0	1.4	1.1	19.0
Career	Oregon	120	2151	54.3	20.0	61.7	14.3	1.5	1.2	1.2	17.9

WNBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2019	Minnesota	5	0	2.8	.333	.000	.000	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.8
2021	Washington	2	0	4.0	.000	.000	.000	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career	2 years, 2 teams	7	0	3.1	.250	.000	.000	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.6

Club honors

Panathinaikos

• 1× Greek Cup Winner: 2024

Personal life

Along with other members from the Ducks basketball team, she has done charity work in the Dominican Republic.^[10] In college, she is majored in communication disorders and sciences.