Jerome girls basketball senior Emma Allen laughed at the question.
It was one she had to think about. She hasn’t been fully healthy often the past two seasons.
When was she most recently fully healthy?
“I don’t know,” Allen told the Times-News. “Probably beginning of junior year.”
Yet that hasn’t stopped her from remaining one of the most important pieces on a Lady Tigers team looking for a return trip to the state tournament.
Jerome has won 10 of 12 games after a 1-3 start, but has its work cut out to compete for the conference title after a 73-33 loss at Mountain Home on Friday in a battle of Great Basin Conference contenders.
Jerome will host Twin Falls at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
“She’ll play through anything,” head coach Kelly Williams told the Times-Newsabout Allen. “If she’s hurt, if you ask her to play she’ll do it and she wants to win. If she knows she can help us win, she’ll give …