8/2/2018 basketball Edit

The drought is over: In-state basketball star Dontaie Allen picks Kentucky

Justin Rowland • CatsIllustrated

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Justin Rowland has been CatsIllustrated.com's publisher since 2015. He covered college football recruiting at programs nationwide for 15 years prior to that.

It's been a long time but the drought is over. Kentucky has a basketball commitment from an in-state prospect.

Dontaie Allen picked Kentucky and announced his choice via Twitter on Thursday afternoon.

Allen is Kentucky's second commitment from the 2019 class, joining Tyrese Maxey.

Previously Kentucky had a commitment from four-star forward D.J. Jeffries, but he reopened his recruitment earlier in the week. That was the first Kentucky decommitment of the John Calipari era.

Allen, a 6-foot-6, 200 pound small forward from Falmouth (Ky.) Pendleton County, is ranked the No. 47 prospect in the nation according to Rivals.com. After averaging more than 30 points per game and excelling in recent action Allen made a significant climb in the rankings.

He was one of Eric Bossi's biggest risers in July. The Rivals.com national analyst wrote, "The most important factor with Allen was just getting a good, clean extended look at him in action. Once we were able to see him, his size, production and ability to make plays in all facets of the game stood out."