BSU Signs 2 Basketball Recruits

Boise State Basketball coach Leon Rice announced the additions of two impressive high school seniors on the first day of the November Signing Period.

Boise State received to signed national letters of intent for a pair of guards in 6-foot-4 Alex Hobbs of LaPorte, Texas, and 6-foot-5 Justinian Jessup of Longmont, Colorado, to National Letters of Intent.

Alex Hobbs averaged 27.4 points and 8.5 rebounds per game last season as a junior at LaPorte High and the four-year starter already has 1,856 career points. He decided on Boise State over offers from Baylor, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, San Diego State, Houston, Butler and Wake Forest among others.

Justinian Jessup was the 4A State Player of the Year in Colorado last season after averaging 17 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 3.2 steals per game and leading Longmont High to a 27-1 record. Their only loss came in overtime of the state title game.