MWC Wire Top 25 Basketball Countdown: #11 – Justinian Jessup
Boise State’s top shooter is 11th in the countdown
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MWC Wire Top 25 Countdown: #11 Justinian Jessup
The No. 11 player in the MWC Wire Top 25 Basketball Countdown is Boise State junior guard Justinian Jessup.
Jessup, a Colorado native, enters his junior season as one of the nation’s top perimeter shooters. Jessup knocked down 90 three-point attempts in 32 games, shooting at a 45.7 percent clip.
With Chandler Hutchison and Christian Sengfelder graduating, Jessup is the leading returning scorer for the Broncos. Look for a dramatic rise in his usage rate this season. His points per possession rate of 1.22 ranked 98th nationally according to KenPom. With 1.3 steals per game, Jessup is a quality defender as well.
- 11) Justinian Jessup, Boise State
- 12) Nico Carvacho, Colorado State
- 13) Matt Mitchell, San Diego State
- 14) Jordan Brown, Nevada
- 15) JaQuan Lyle, New Mexico
- 16) Anthony Mathis, New Mexico
- 17) Braxton Huggins, Fresno State
- 18) Vance Jackson, New Mexico
- 19) Makuach Maluach, New Mexico
- 20) Deion James, Colorado State
- 21) Alex Hobbs, Boise State
- 22) Trey Porter, Nevada
- 23) Zach Haney, Boise State
- 24) Nate Grimes, Fresno State
- 25) Noah Robotham, UNLV
- Honorable mentions
Eli Boettger is the lead basketball writer at Mountain West Wire. He’s covered Mountain West basketball since 2015 and his work has been featured on Bleacher Report, NBC Sports, SB Nation, Yahoo Sports, MSN, and other platforms. Boettger is a current USBWA member.
