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UNLV walk-on Austin Star rolled out of bed and started shooting — really

If it sometimes appears Austin Starr could roll out of bed and hit 3-point shots, it's because he grew up doing exactly that.

Starr is a pure shooter, raised in a basketball family in a Henderson home that had a high ceiling for a reason. The living room extended 25 feet vertically to accommodate the arc of a jump shot. He is, after all, the son of a former NBA player.

"My dad had a court in our living room, so I woke up shooting," he said. "I walked down the stairs and there was my court.