Justinian Jessup became Boise State men’s basketball’s all-time three-point leader and the Broncos handed UNLV its first conference loss of the season, 73-66, Wednesday at ExtraMile Arena. Jessup finished 5-of-6 from three-point range. His first triple set the record and his fifth sealed the win, putting the Broncos up eight with 43 seconds to play.
Boise State (11-6, 3-2 Mountain West) scored six straight points in 72 seconds to take a 13-point lead, its largest of the game, with 5:56 to play. The Rebels (8-9, 3-1 MW) responded with an 8-1 run and eventually trimmed the Bronco lead to 67-62 before Jessup buried his final three-pointer at the end of the shot clock.
Jessup finished with 18 points, including 15 in the second half. He surpassed Anthony Drmic’s previous school record of 275 career three-pointers and now sits at 280. Jessup is fourth in Mountain West history and 16 shy of Jimmer Fredette’s league record of 296.
“I just feel so thankful,” Jessup said of breaking the record. “All credit goes to God and the teammates I’ve had my four years here, that’s really why I’m in this position. Shooters aren’t anything without the guys that are passing to them so I’m just thankful for those guys that just trusted me and stayed faithful with me even when I had bad games.”
Boise State returns to action Saturday, at undefeated and seventh-ranked San Diego State (16-0, 5-0 MW). Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. MT on 670 KBOI.
