According to his mother, Dontaie Allen is staying at Kentucky for his sophomore season.
Here is an excerpt of her comments to the Falmouth Outlook:
Allen’s strong showing only helped strengthen the case made by much of the Kentucky fanbase during the last several weeks that he was deserving of more playing time and worthy of a opportunity to show what he could do to help his team win games. His minutes over the final six weeks of the season had been greatly reduced, and the fallout from that led to chatter that perhaps he should seriously consider other opportunities elsewhere. But as the Falmouth Outlook has learned in recent days, Allen won’t be going anywhere. His mother, April Allen-Thomas, confirmed that her son remains locked into continuing his playing career in Lexington.
“He is definitely returning! His plan is to come home and work harder than ever before and return to UK for his sophomore season, and I fully support his decision,” she said.
In his postgame interview following the game, Allen alluded to his desire to work harder than he ever has to improve as a basketball player and put himself in the best position to succeed next season.
“I’m going to stay in the gym. I’ve been working very hard over the past month and I’m feeling really confident. I’m just going to live in the gym literally all summer. I’m going to work myself into exhaustion,” Allen explained.
Roster Watch
Allen and Devin Askew are planning to stay at Kentucky. Cam’Ron Fletcher has entered the transfer portal.
