Miami basketball’s Marcus Allen begins chemotherapy after cancer diagnosis, will miss rest of season

Marcus Allen, a sophomore defender connected the Miami men's hoops team, volition measurement distant from the tribunal to absorption connected his health.

Allen was precocious diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and has begun chemotherapy, the squad announced Friday. Allen volition beryllium sidelined for the remainder of the season.

The Florida autochthonal and University of Missouri transportation joined the Hurricanes up of the 2025-26 season. Miami opened the twelvemonth with six transfers connected its roster.

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Miami subordinate Marcus Allen grabs a rebound successful the archetypal fractional against the Jacksonville Dolphins Nov. 3, 2025, astatine the Watsco Center successful Coral Gables, Fla. (Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"Marcus is an unthinkable idiosyncratic and teammate, and we volition bash everything we tin to enactment him and his astonishing household during this hard time," Hurricanes manager Jai Lucas said via The Associated Press. 

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"Marcus brings toughness and selflessness to our locker country each day, and those aforesaid qualities volition assistance him decision this disease. Our full programme volition proceed to enactment Marcus successful immoderate mode that we tin arsenic helium focuses connected his health."

Allen's household expressed gratitude for the outpouring of support. 

"We privation to convey everyone for their thoughts and prayers during an highly hard clip for our family," the household said successful a connection posted connected a GoFundMe launched successful enactment of Allen.

"We convey God for his continued Grace, Mercy and Favor. We hold successful anticipation for the occurrence healing to instrumentality place. We are lasting connected FAITH."

Miami Hurricanes defender Marcus Allen controls the hoops against the Delaware State Hornets during the archetypal fractional astatine Watsco Center Nov. 23, 2025, successful Coral Gables, Fla. (Sam Navarro/Imagn Images)

Allen appeared successful 8 games this season, averaging 5.3 points and 3.1 rebounds. Last month's crippled against Georgetown marked Allen's last quality of the year.

Miami Hurricanes defender Marcus Allen during a crippled against the Delaware State Hornets successful the archetypal fractional astatine Watsco Center Nov. 23, 2025, successful Coral Gables, Fla. (Sam Navarro/Imagn Images)

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The Hurricanes participate Sunday's location crippled against North Florida with a 10-2 record.

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