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Jersey Number 3
Jestin Porter
- Position:
- G
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Cypress Ridge
Notables
2023-24 (Junior)
2022-23 (Sophomore)
2021-22 (Sophomore at Tyler Junior College)
2020-21 (Freshman at Tyler Junior College)
Cypress Ridge HS
Personal
- 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
- 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
- Played for head coach Marcus Gabriel
- Averaged 22 points, four assists, three steals and four rebounds per game
- Was a four-time First Team All-District selection for the Rams
- Named to the Cypress Ridge Honor Roll three times
Personal
- Born March 5, 2002
- Son of Jessie and Antoinette Porter
- Has two siblings, Jessie and Jessica
- Majoring in business
- Hobbies include bowling and photography
- Favorite food is tacos
- Favorite movie is Fast & Furious
- Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant
- Biggest role model is his mother
Season Preview – MTSU Men's Basketball 2025
Wednesday, October 29
2025 MTSU Basketball tickets on sale now - October 1st
Wednesday, October 01
Facility tour – Stephen and Denise Smith Student-Athlete Performance Center
Wednesday, July 30
2025 Blue Raider Blitz Media Panel
Thursday, July 03
