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Jestin Porter

Position:
G
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 180
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Houston, Texas
High School:
Cypress Ridge

Notables

2025 All-Conference USA Second Team
3x Conference USA Player of the Week
2024 Myrtle Beach Invitational All-Tournament Team
2024-25 Preseason All-CUSA
2024 Conference USA Second Team
2024 Conference USA All-Tournament Team
NABC Second Team All-District

2024-25 (Senior)

Blue Ribbon Preseason All-Conference USA.
CUSA Player of the Week (1/13/25)
Led the team in points per game (15.0), three-pointers made (84), free throw percentage (82.2%) and minutes per game (33.8)
Eclipsed the 1,000 career point mark, becoming just the 16th Blue Raider to do it in three years or less, and sits in the top-25 with 1,163 career points
Tallied 25 double-figure scoring games and 10 with 20+ points
Scored a team-leading 26 points in the Myrtle Beach Invitational semifinal win over South Florida on 9-of-12 shooting with four made threes (11/22/24)
Snatched a season and career high four steals at Abilene Christian (11/9/24) and against Jax State (1/11/25)
Led the team in scoring in 14 contests and was one of just two Blue Raiders to start every game for MT
Scored a season-high 29 points against Jax State with six made threes (1/11/25)
Tied himself for second in program history with eight made threes at Sam Houston for a 28-point night (1/23/25)
Came just short of his first career double-double at WKU with 14 points and nine rebounds, a career-high in boards (2/15/25)
Scored in double-digits in 11 consecutive games from 1/9/25 through 2/20/25, adding four 20+ point games in that span
Played a career-high 50 minutes in the triple-overtime game against Chattanooga in the NIT, scoring 19 points on 8-for-17 shooting
His 84 three-pointers made rank third in single season program history and his 166 career made threes are the tenth most.

2023-24 (Junior)

Two-time CUSA Player of the Week
Averaged a team-high 13.9 points to go along with 3.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists
Led the Blue Raiders with 32 steals
Second on the team with 60 assists
Scored 13 points while recording a career-high nine rebounds against Western Carolina (11/13)
Put up 17 points to go along with four assists and four steals against Milligan (11/18)
Scored 11 points against UAB (11/21)
Scored 11 points to go along with four assists against Ohio (11/25/23)
Scored 15 points in a career-high 38 minutes against Wofford (12/2)
Contributed 10 points and four rebounds against Missouri State (12/5)
Set a new career high with 26 points on 11-of-16 shooting to go along with five rebounds and three assists at Southern Utah (12/22)
Led MTSU with 24 points in 38 minutes against LA Tech (1/11)
Scored a career-high 29 points in 40 minutes against Sam Houston (1/13)
Set a new career high with 30 points on 10-of-18 shooting in a win over Jacksonville State, going 4-for-6 from 3-point range and 6-for-6 from the free throw line (1/24)
Scored 20 points with eight rebounds and four assists against FIU (1/27)
Named Conference USA Player of the Week on January 29
Scored 11 points, including the game-winning layup in the final minute at FIU (2/10)
Scored 26 points against New Mexico State while pulling in five rebounds and dishing out four assists without a turnover in 33 minutes as the Blue Raiders' primary ballhandler (2/15)
Tied the third-highest single-game scoring total in MTSU history with 41 points on 11-of-16 shooting vs. UTEP, setting a program and CUSA record by going 8-for-8 from 3-point range (2/17)
Also went 11-for-12 from the free throw line while pulling in seven rebounds and recording three assists against UTEP
Named CUSA Player of the Week for the second time on February 19
Scored 19 points in a win over WKU (2/24)
Recorded 11 points, five rebounds and three assists at Sam Houston (3/2)
Scored 10 points at LA Tech (3/9)
Scored 18 points - all in the second half - with four steals as No. 7 seed MTSU knocked off No. 2 LA Tech in the CUSA Quarterfinals (3/13)
Scored 14 points with five rebounds and two assists against WKU in the CUSA semifinals (3/15)

2022-23 (Sophomore)

Averaged 5.9 points and 1.4 rebounds per game
Made his NCAA debut with a game-high 14 points against Brescia (11/7)
Led the way with 19 points, going 8-8 from the free throw line in a win over Stephen F. Austin (11/26)
Was 17-32 (.531) from the floor and18-20 (.900) from the free throw line on the four-game road trip to Montreal and St. Bonaventure
Scored nine of his 12 points in the second half at UTSA, going 5-for-5 from the floor and 2-for-2 from 3-point range with the first two blocked shots of his career (1/5)
Provided 12 points off the bench, going 2-for-2 from behind the 3-point line at LA Tech (1/21)
Went 5-for-6 from the floor for 14 points against UTEP (2/2)
Scored 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the floor and 2-for-3 from 3-point range against UTSA (2/4)

2021-22 (Sophomore at Tyler Junior College)

Led TJC with 17.1 points and 3.3 assists per game
Shot 42.3 percent (93-220) from the floor and 40.0 percent (42-105) from 3-point range
Went 13-15 from the free throw line on his way to a season-high 28 points in a win at Victoria College (Dec. 1)
Scored 20 or more points seven times in a nine-game stretch from Nov. 13-Dec. 30

2020-21 (Freshman at Tyler Junior College)

Ranked eighth nationally in NJCAA Division I with 21.4 points per game 10th in total points at 449 and sixth with 121 free throws made
Shot 39.9 percent from the floor, 32.7 percent from long distance and 81.7 percent from the free throw line
Scored 30 or more points on four separate occasions, including a season-high 38 on March 22

Cypress Ridge HS