MWC Wire Top 25 Basketball Countdown: #7 – Shakur Juiston
The UNLV forward is seventh in our countdown
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MWC Wire Top 25 Countdown: #7 Shakur Juiston
The No. 7 player in the MWC Wire Top 25 Basketball Countdown is UNLV forward Shakur Juiston.
Juiston is a former JUCO transfer by the way of Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas. The New Jersey native averaged 14.6 points and 10 rebounds per game last season, his first as a D-I player.
Juiston’s rebounding and offensive efficiency numbers popped off the page in ’17-18. He ranked among the top 100 nationally in effective field goal percentage, true shooting percentage, two-point field goal percentage, and was also among the top 200 in both offensive and defensive rebounding percentage.
Juiston is an excellent big man who is primed for another productive campaign in Vegas. He figures to be in the mix for the league’s player of the year honors by season’s end.
- 7) Shakur Juiston, UNLV
- 8) Sam Merrill, Utah State
- 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.
