By Jerry Briggs
Special for The JB Replay
After two months of uncertainty, the UTSA Roadrunners have announced through the American Conference that guard Vasean Allette won’t play this season.
The news was unveiled on Wednesday morning on the conference’s website before UTSA was scheduled to open play in the American on the road at Florida Atlantic.
His status was listed as ‘out (season).’
Allette, a 6-foot-2 junior from Ontario, Canada, had 51 games of experience in NCAA Division I, including 19 at Old Dominion in 2023-24 and 32 at TCU in ’24-25.
He led Old Dominion in scoring at 17.4 points per game on 45 percent shooting from the field, including 35 percent from three.
After transferring into the Big 12 Conference at TCU, he became one of the Horned Frogs’ key players. He started 25 games while averaging 11.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists. Allette also contributed on the defensive end with 1.3 steals.
Allette was considered UTSA’s top offseason pickup out of the transfer portal. Before even playing a game for the Roadrunners, he was picked second team preseason all conference.
Potential notwithstanding, Allette never played a regular-season game for the Roadrunners, sitting out all 12 to this point.
His only appearance came on Oct. 25 at home in an exhibition against the University of the Incarnate Word. He finished with two points and six assists in 16 minutes.
When the regular season started a week later against the College of Biblical Studies, however, Allette didn’t play and wasn’t in pregame warmups or on the bench.
Initially, his absence was attributed to injury. But by November, Coach Austin Claunch acknowledged that there were “other things” keeping him from playing.
“We’ll keep most of that in house,” Claunch said on Nov. 18. “He’s obviously been injured. But there’s a few different things that, we’re getting him all the way back and making sure. I’m not bringing him back until he’s 100 percent.”
A spokesman said last week that Allette was not playing for “personal reasons.” His status for next season and beyond is unclear.
Other UTSA players mentioned in the conference’s availability report were guard Pierce Spencer, who is out for the season with a shoulder injury, and forward Stanley Borden.
Claunch said earlier this week that Borden has a hand injury and is two weeks away from returning to practice.
Records
FAU 8-5
UTSA 4-8
Coming up
UTSA at Florida Atlantic, Wednesday, noon
UTSA at Temple, Saturday, 11 a.m.