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RE: The Israeli sharp shooter comes to mind
Posted on: June 15, 2018 at 11:08:51 CT
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Danny Allouche
Letterman - 1996, 1997
Thanks to a lucky tip from former Tiger John McIntire who was playing professionally in Israel, the 6'4 guard was part of the much heralded and program changing class that also included L. Dee Murdock and Desmond Ferguson. MU's first foreign player, he blazed the trail that future Tiger greats like Gidrious Rinkevinious and Uche Okafor would someday walk through. After serving his mandatory 3 year stint in the Israeli Army, Allouche travelled around the globe to Columbia to join the Tigers, who were coming off a buzzer beating loss to eventual champion UCLA in the second round of the NCAA tournament. ``I'm a pretty good shooter and a pretty good defender,'' Allouche said. ``I want to play defense. I like to play a team game, not what you call a run-and-gun game. I like a style where you pass the ball around and everyone touches it.''
MU would begin his first season at #14 preseason. In the Black and Gold game Allouche would demonstrate his potential by leading all scorers with 17. ``When I get a free shot, I will shoot it,'' Allouche said. ``When I get hot, I will look more for the ball." In a huge exhibition win over Marathon Oil, the #14 Tigers pulled out a 75-73 win when Allouche nailed a 3 pointer to provide the final margin in the last minute. He would start his first game as a Tiger, while playing only 11 minutes, and then play 3 minutes the next game. But in a matchup between #13 MU and #305 Chicago State Allouche would return to the scoring line with 12 points in a 117-45 victory, the most lopsided in MU history. He would collect 2 points in a big 81-58 win over Austin Peay. He played 2 big minutes without recording any stats in a crushing 87-68 loss to NC State that caused the Tigers to fall from #18 to unranked (it would be the last time Allouche would play on a ranked team). Then the injury bug would rear its ugly head, and Allouche would have to miss a game against George Washington and MU would have to soldier on without his 2.7 ppg and 28% shooting. He would return to contribute another 2 minutes with no stats as MU gave up 106 points in a loss to Colorado. He didn't play against Iowa State, Nebraska and Kansas State. But against OU he would play 34 minutes and contribute 12 points as MU suffered the third worst defeat ever under Norm Stewart 104-68. MU would bounce back with their annual defeat of ku in Columbia, this time against the #3 ranked jayhawks 77-73 and Allouche�s season ppg had climbed all the way to 3.8 ppg. He would come up big with 0 points in 9 minutes in a 49-51 loss to OSU that saw MU fall to 16-13 on the season. Missouri would play in the NIT for the first time in 11 seasons, in a highly anticipated matchup with Murray State. With a reported 4,523 people watching Allouche would set a new career high with 14 points as he lifted MU to an 89-85 victory that propelled the Tigers into the second round. There they got crushed by Alabama 72-49 to end the season at 18-15. Allouche would avg 4.3 ppg on the season and Desmond Ferguson and Kendrick Moore would announce they were transferring, positioning Allouche to play an even greater role the next year.
Allouche entered his sophomore Tiger campaign as a 21 year old. MU would perform brutally, opening the season with loss after loss that saw them move to a record of 11-10 overall. He would get to start a game against KSU (Norm�s 12th different starting lineup on the season) and respond with a career high 20 points in a 85-63 MU win. But MU could not maintain the momentum and stumbled to a 16-17 final record, not even qualifying for any postseason play. Allouche would avg 2.7 ppg in over 8 minutes of court time. Allouche's only remaining classmate in his recruiting class L. Dee Murdock announced he was transferring. Then, on April 11th 1997, Danny Allouche announced his intention to transfer�effectively ending a glorious period of Tiger basketball and one of the more storied Tiger careers in the first 100 years of MU basketball. He was listed at #4 out of over 300 players on this list of Jewish basketball players arranged in alphabetical order thanks to his last name starting with A:
http://www.neilkeller.com/sports/basketball.html
Letterman - 1996, 1997
Thanks to a lucky tip from former Tiger John McIntire who was playing professionally in Israel, the 6'4 guard was part of the much heralded and program changing class that also included L. Dee Murdock and Desmond Ferguson. MU's first foreign player, he blazed the trail that future Tiger greats like Gidrious Rinkevinious and Uche Okafor would someday walk through. After serving his mandatory 3 year stint in the Israeli Army, Allouche travelled around the globe to Columbia to join the Tigers, who were coming off a buzzer beating loss to eventual champion UCLA in the second round of the NCAA tournament. ``I'm a pretty good shooter and a pretty good defender,'' Allouche said. ``I want to play defense. I like to play a team game, not what you call a run-and-gun game. I like a style where you pass the ball around and everyone touches it.''
MU would begin his first season at #14 preseason. In the Black and Gold game Allouche would demonstrate his potential by leading all scorers with 17. ``When I get a free shot, I will shoot it,'' Allouche said. ``When I get hot, I will look more for the ball." In a huge exhibition win over Marathon Oil, the #14 Tigers pulled out a 75-73 win when Allouche nailed a 3 pointer to provide the final margin in the last minute. He would start his first game as a Tiger, while playing only 11 minutes, and then play 3 minutes the next game. But in a matchup between #13 MU and #305 Chicago State Allouche would return to the scoring line with 12 points in a 117-45 victory, the most lopsided in MU history. He would collect 2 points in a big 81-58 win over Austin Peay. He played 2 big minutes without recording any stats in a crushing 87-68 loss to NC State that caused the Tigers to fall from #18 to unranked (it would be the last time Allouche would play on a ranked team). Then the injury bug would rear its ugly head, and Allouche would have to miss a game against George Washington and MU would have to soldier on without his 2.7 ppg and 28% shooting. He would return to contribute another 2 minutes with no stats as MU gave up 106 points in a loss to Colorado. He didn't play against Iowa State, Nebraska and Kansas State. But against OU he would play 34 minutes and contribute 12 points as MU suffered the third worst defeat ever under Norm Stewart 104-68. MU would bounce back with their annual defeat of ku in Columbia, this time against the #3 ranked jayhawks 77-73 and Allouche�s season ppg had climbed all the way to 3.8 ppg. He would come up big with 0 points in 9 minutes in a 49-51 loss to OSU that saw MU fall to 16-13 on the season. Missouri would play in the NIT for the first time in 11 seasons, in a highly anticipated matchup with Murray State. With a reported 4,523 people watching Allouche would set a new career high with 14 points as he lifted MU to an 89-85 victory that propelled the Tigers into the second round. There they got crushed by Alabama 72-49 to end the season at 18-15. Allouche would avg 4.3 ppg on the season and Desmond Ferguson and Kendrick Moore would announce they were transferring, positioning Allouche to play an even greater role the next year.
Allouche entered his sophomore Tiger campaign as a 21 year old. MU would perform brutally, opening the season with loss after loss that saw them move to a record of 11-10 overall. He would get to start a game against KSU (Norm�s 12th different starting lineup on the season) and respond with a career high 20 points in a 85-63 MU win. But MU could not maintain the momentum and stumbled to a 16-17 final record, not even qualifying for any postseason play. Allouche would avg 2.7 ppg in over 8 minutes of court time. Allouche's only remaining classmate in his recruiting class L. Dee Murdock announced he was transferring. Then, on April 11th 1997, Danny Allouche announced his intention to transfer�effectively ending a glorious period of Tiger basketball and one of the more storied Tiger careers in the first 100 years of MU basketball. He was listed at #4 out of over 300 players on this list of Jewish basketball players arranged in alphabetical order thanks to his last name starting with A:
http://www.neilkeller.com/sports/basketball.html
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