Sudden turn helps No. 2 Allen (Texas) boys beat No. 10 Plano East: Live scoring, recap

Reigning Texas Class 6A champion Panthers square off with 19-1 Allen

Levi Payton | Jan 4, 2025

Plano East players embrace in the celebratory moments after clinching a UIL 6A state title, perfect 40-0 season on Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio. / Tommy Hays, SBLive Sports

One of the biggest games in Texas tonight features the No. 2 Allen Eagles against No. 10 Plano East in a District 6-6A game. Opening tip is slated for 7 p.m. CT.

The Panthers, defending Class 6A champions, are off to a 16-3 start. They began the season 10-0 before suffering a 57-55 loss to Prosper on Dec. 3.

They are led by 6-foot-6 senior power forward DJ Hall, a 3-star athlete by 247Sports who is headed to Texas State.

After escaping Keller in a 70-69 thriller to cap a five-game winning streak on Dec. 26, they dropped consecutive games to Argyle (47-44) and Guyer (67-48) before bouncing back with a 48-39 win over McKinney on Dec. 31.

Allen brings a 19-1 mark into the game. The Eagles have won 11-straight after suffering an overtime loss at home against Brennan on Nov. 22.

They are led by a trio of seniors in 6-4 Antoine Shannon, 6-7 Deandre Thomas and 6-0 Trent Pane.

Shannon leads the team with 253 points and 108 rebounds, averaging 13.3 points and 5.7 boards per game.

Thomas is averaging 12 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.7 blocks. He is shooting 56 percent from the field and has 228 points.

Pane averages 10.7 points, 3.8 assists and 2.3 steals while making 79 percent of his free throws.

No. 2 Allen vs. No. 10 Plano East boys basketball: live scoring, recap

We're set for the opening tip at Plano East High School.

FIRST PERIOD

Trent Pane hits a 3-pointer and DJ Hall counters with a layin and Allen is off to a 5-4 lead with 6:29 left in the first period.

Antoine Shannon hits a 3-pointer and freshman Alex Brewington responds with one of his own for Plano East. It's 8-7 with 5:28 left in the first.

Antoine Shannon hits a 3-pointer with 2:13 left in the first period to give Allen a 13-12 lead.

DJ Hall goes hard to the rim and scores in traffic before coming up limping going down the floor. He insists he's fine and wants to stay in, but he heads to the bench in the closing seconds of the first period.

At the end of the first period, the game is tied at 16.

SECOND PERIOD

Allen begins the second period by switching things up a bit and showing some pressure on defense, forcing an immediate turnover.

DJ Hall is about to check back into the game. Good news for Plano East fans.

Junior forward Moustafa Abualneel is going off in the first half, He buries a 3 from the corner with 6:30 to go in the half and now has 11 points.

Timeout with 5:11 left in the half. No. 10 Plano East leads No. 2 Allen, 27-23 on the heels of an 11-4 run.

In the span of 10 seconds, Allen gets a 3-pointer from Antoine Shannon and a steal and layin by Trent Pane and to take a 28-27 lead.

SLAM DUNK! Isaiah Dozier, 6-7 senior, takes a pass and finishes with a fiery two-handed dunk. Timeout with 2:47 left in the first half. Allen is on a 9-0 run and leads 32-27.

DJ Hall finishes in the paint to break the 9-0 run. Hall has seven points for Plano East. It's 32-29 with 1:58 left in the half.

This game the feeling of watching an action movie where people are fighting each other while racing cars at 100 miles per hour. It's wild, it's full of action and it's messy. Allen leads 34-29 with 1 minute left in the half.

Allen is whistled for its third offensive player-control foul - this one on Antoine Shannon - with 30 seconds left. Both Shannon twins are now on the bench.

Deandre Thomas gets a putback at the buzzer and No. 2 Allen takes a 36-31 lead over No. 10 Plano East into the half.

THIRD PERIOD

The second half has kicked off and Antoine Shannon hits a pair of free throws to kick off the scoring.

DJ Hall just picked up a pair of quick fouls in less than two minutes. He now has three fouls with 6:12 left in the third period.

Trent Pane is on fire. The senior guard is on an 8-0 run on his own. He hit a runner, hit a 3-pointer, got two steals and hit another 3 to make it 45-36.

Pane assists Antoine Dodson on another 3. Allen leads Plano East 48-36 with 4:20 to go in the third.

SLAM DUNK! Isaiah Dozier with another dunk - this time an alley-oop finish for Allen to make it 50-36.

DJ Hall picks up his fourth foul with 3:48 to go in the third. He's out of the game with Plano East trailing 50-36.

Allen has pulled away on a 19-5 run.

The Panthers, struggling to find an answer without DJ Hall, brings the big man back in with 1:34 to go in the third, despite his four fouls. Allen leads 61-36.

Allen is pressing relentlessly up 64-38 late in the third. The Eagles' defense seemingly never runs out of gas. Their conditioning is impressive, to say the least.

FOURTH PERIOD

Trent Pane is really something to watch. He makes a steal, runs the floor and lays it in to make it 70-40 with 5 minutes to go.

DJ Hall, who averages 18 points, just scored a basket to give him 17 tonight with 4 minutes left.

Pane just hit another 3. He's been so, so good tonight.

DJ Hall fouls out with 3:16 remaining. No. 2 Allen leads No. 10 Plano East, 75-42.

Allen is a real problem for Texas this season. These guys are impressive.

Junior forward Keegan Ho has had a nice fourth quarter for Plano East. Still playing hard with 1 minute to go, he scores a layup to make it 78-46.

Recap

No. 2 Allen, charged by fierce defense and a deep bench, threw everything they could at No. 10 Plano East - applying pressure while playing crisp, clean offense in the 80-46 win.

The Eagles (20-1) used a 20-0 run in the second half - mostly coming after Plano East big man DJ Hall exited with foul trouble in the third quarter - to pull away. Hall picked up two quick fouls early in the third period with the game close. By the time he returned, the game was out of hand.

Plano East falls to 16-4.