MWC Wire Top 25 Basketball Countdown: #9 – Lavelle Scottie
Air Force’s star forward checks in at No. 9
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MWC Wire Top 25 Countdown: #9 Lavelle Scottie
The No. 9 player in the MWC Wire Top 25 Basketball Countdown is Air Force forward Lavelle Scottie.
Scottie broke out last year for the Air Force Academy, appearing in the starting five a total of 28 times, leading the Falcons in scoring at 12.2 points per game. He was the sole AFA player to finish the season with a double figure scoring average.
Now a junior, Scottie looks to take lead of Dave Pilipovichs’ squad. The Texas native does a little bit of everything, and expects to carry the bulk of the offensive load in Clune Arena this season. Don’t be surprised if Scottie makes a run for the all-conference team in the spring.
- 9) Lavelle Scottie, Air Force
- 10) Devin Watson, San Diego State
- 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.
