Former men’s basketball power forward Lavoy Allen has played his entire basketball career in Pennsylvania. He now has a chance to continue playing in his home state on the professional level.

The Philadelphia 76ers selected Allen with the 50th overall pick in the NBA draft tonight.

Allen was born in Morrisville, PA and attended Pennsbury high school in Bucks County. Allen finished his career at Temple as the Owls’ all-time leading rebounder (1,147) to go along with the third highest blocked shots total in school history (213) and the eighth highest win total (98).

Allen becomes the second Temple athlete to be drafted by a professional Philadelphia sports team this year; the Philadelphia Eagles drafted former Owls’ safety Jaiquawn Jarrett in the 2nd round of the 2011 NFL draft in April.