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Big performances propel Porter to CUSA Player of the Week honor
2/19/2024 1:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Junior scored 67 points in two wins, including 41 on Saturday
DALLAS – Jestin Porter has been named the Conference USA Player of the Week for February 19, as announced by the conference office Monday. Porter averaged 33.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in a pair of Middle Tennessee wins.
Porter set a Conference USA record Saturday by going 8-for-8 from 3-point range, the most 3-pointers without a miss in league history, as part of a 41-point performance in a double-overtime win over UTEP. Porter was 11-of-16 from the floor and 11-for-12 from the free throw line with seven rebounds and three assists against the Miners. Porter's 41 points tied the third-highest mark in program history and equaled the most by a Blue Raider since 1965.
In Thursday's win over New Mexico State, the Houston native scored 26 points with five rebounds and four assists and did not turn the ball over, despite 33 minutes played as the Blue Raiders' primary ball handler.
This is Porter's second CUSA Player of the Week honor this season, as he previously won it on January 29.
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