Marist University Athletics

Accolades: 2020-21 MAAC All-Championship Team, 2020-21 NCAA Division I Statistical Champion, Three-time MAAC All-Academic selection.

• Finished her Marist career ninth all-time in program history with 354 career assists
• Notched exactly 100 career three-pointers while shooting 34.6 percent from beyond the arc, ending her career tied for 11th place on Marist’s all-time list in the latter category
• Also shot 36.5 percent from the field and 78.8 percent from the foul line
• Won two MAAC regular season championships, appeared in the MAAC Championship final three out of four times in her career, and played in the NCAA Tournament (2021) and WNIT (2018)

Accolades: MAAC All-Championship Team, NCAA Division I Assist/Turnover Ratio Statistical Champion, MAAC All-Academic Team, MAAC Student-Athlete of the Week (2/3).

• Started all 22 games for Marist, playing a team-high 33.6 minutes per game
• Led all of Division I with a 4.48 assist/turnover ratio, which is the fourth-highest mark in NCAA history since the NCAA began tracking the statistic in 2008
• Paced the team and was second in the MAAC with a personal record of 112 assists, while ranking third in the conference and 33rd in the nation with a career-best 5.1 assists per game
• Also led all Red Foxes and was fifth in the MAAC with a 38.2 percent clip from three-point range
• Set career-bests with 7.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game
• Recorded 12 games with five or more assists
• Notched seven of her 13 career games with 10-plus points that year, including a career-high 17 points against Manhattan on January 9th
• Dished out a career-best 11 assists and zero turnovers at Quinnipiac on January 3rd, the most assists by a MAAC player that season. That mark is tied for the seventh-most in a single game this year, allowing her to become the third Red Fox since 2006 with 10-plus assists and zero turnovers in a single game
• In the MAAC Championships, she registered 19 assists and just three turnovers, while totaling 23 points, to earn MAAC All-Championship Team honors

Accolades: MAAC All-Academic Team.

• Appeared in all 30 games, making seven starts, and averaged 2.8 points per game and 2.9 assists per game while shooting .321 from three-point range
• Ranked second in the MAAC with a 2.18 assist/turnover ratio
• Collected a season-high 10 points on 4-7 shooting, and had four assists at Manhattan on Jan. 18
• Dished out a season-best six assists against Siena on Mar. 7
• Totaled eight points and a season-high seven rebounds at Iona on Feb. 4
• In her first start since Jan. 30, 2019, she added five points and five assists in the season opener at Boston University on Nov. 8

Accolades: MAAC All-Academic Team.

• Appeared in 32 games, making two starts
• Averaged 3.6 points in 20.2 minutes per game
• Second on the team in free throw percentage (86 percent) and total assists (93)
• Set new career-highs in free throw percentage, rebounds per game (2.1), assists per game (2.8), and steals (20)
• Scored a season-high 12 points at Niagara, Jan. 3
• Grabbed a career-high eight rebounds at Saint Peter’s, Jan. 25
• Dished out a career-high nine assists vs Hofstra, Nov. 24

• Appeared in 34 games and started 11 for the Red Foxes, averaging 21.4 minutes per game
• Scored 188 points, averaging 5.5 points per game
• Totaled 63 rebounds (1.9 rebounds per game), 62 assists, while shooting (.428)
• Made 32-42 free throw attempts (.762) and made 32-80 3-pointers (.400)
• Had 17 steals and five blocks
• Had a season high 14 points against Fairfield, Nov. 11
• Had seven assists against Northeastern, Nov. 19

Prior to Marist: Allie Best, a 2015-16 Section Title and Hunterdon Warren Sussex county champ, was the captain of her high school basketball team, and received Hunterdon County First Team honors for the 2015-16 season, as well the 2015-16 Hunterdon Country Player of the Year award.  She was also named to the 2015-16 Courier News All-Area First Team and averaged 11.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game as a junior. As a senior, Best averaged 17.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 3.3 steals, and shot 51% from 3-point range. She earned Hunterdon County Player of the Year honors for the second straight year, as well as being named to the Courier News All-Area Second Team and the 2016-17 New Jersey All Group 3 First Team. Best totaled 1331 points throughout her career, which is the second highest in her school's history, and 10th highest in her county's history. Best was also the captain of her high school soccer team and is a member of the National Honors Society.  

Giorgis on Allie Best – “Allie is a pure point guard.  A pass first point guard who can shoot it real well, but always finds the open person at the right time.”