Myisha Hines-Allen has officially started her coaching stint with the Monmouth women’s basketball team. The Monmouth Hawks played in their season opener on Monday, marking the Indiana Fever veteran’s first game after joining the team as an assistant coach.
The 6-foot-2 forward provided depth off the bench during her ninth WNBA season, her first with Indiana. However, the Fever’s championship hopes ended early when they fell to the Las Vegas Aces in the first round.
Hines-Allen averaged 3.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 38 regular-season appearances.
On Monday, the 31-year-old shared on her Instagram stories that the Monmouth Hawks were set to play their first game of the season.
“My FIRST game day on this side w/ my dawgs,” Hines-Allen wrote in the caption.
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The Hawks defeated the Binghamton Bearcats 63-40 at the OceanFirst Bank Center. Hines-Allen’s career as an assistant coach in the college ranks is off to a great start. Monmouth’s next game is on Friday at home against the Lehigh Mountain Hawks.
In the WNBA, the nine-year veteran had her best season in 2020. Playing for the Washington Mystics, Hines-Allen finished tied for 10th in MVP voting and was named to the All-WNBA Second Team that year. She averaged 17.0 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists,and 1.4 steals, finishing second in the Most Improved Player race.
Hines-Allen is set to become an unrestricted free agent this offseason, leaving her return to Indiana uncertain.
