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MWC Wire Top 25 Basketball Countdown: #2 – Deshon Taylor
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MWC Wire Top 25 Countdown: #2 Deshon Taylor
The No. 2 player in the MWC Wire Top 25 Basketball Countdown is Fresno State guard Deshon Taylor.
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Taylor, a 6-3 senior guard, returns to Fresno State after declaring for the NBA Draft in the spring. The former UMKC Kangaroo transferred to Fresno after his freshman season and has been one of the most productive players in the Mountain West since.
Last season, Taylor averaged 17.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.5 steals per game, starting 30 times. With Fresno State’s offseason departures, Taylor’s focus will shift towards being the team’s go-to point guard. Taylor was named to the conference’s first team at the league’s media day and now has his eyes set on finishing his stellar college career with an exclamation point.
- 2) Deshon Taylor, Fresno State
- 3) Jordan Caroline, Nevada
- 4) Cody Martin, Nevada
- 5) Jalen McDaniels, San Diego State
- 6) Justin James, Wyoming
- 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
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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.