2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster

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1 Justin Johnson

1 Justin Johnson

  • Position:
    Guard/Forward
  • Height:
    6-6
  • Weight:
    185
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
  • Highschool:
    Boyd Anderson High School

Summary

Biography

2022-23 Season Highs Category Career Highs
34 11/21/22 vs. Western Illinois Points 38 2/12/22 @ California Baptist
12 12/15/22 vs. SWCU FGs Made 15 11/20/21 vs. Northern Arizona
25 2/15/23 @ Grand Canyon FG Attempts 25 2/15/23 @ Grand Canyon
3 2x, Last 1/21/23 @ SHSU 3PTers Made 4 12/1/21 vs. Corpus Christi
6 3x, Last 2/15/23 @ GCU 3PT Attempts 8 2x, Last 2/19/22 vs. SHSU
15 2/11/23 vs. Stephen F. Austin FTs Made 15 2/11/23 vs. Stephen F. Austin
25 2/11/23 vs. Stephen F. Austin FT Attempts 25 2/11/23 vs. Stephen F. Austin
11 12/15/22 vs. SWCU Rebounds 13 1/13/22 vs. Chicago State
6 2x, Last 2/25/23 vs. Tarleton Assists 6 3x, Last 2/25/23 vs. Tarleton
1 2x, Last 3/1/23 @ CBU Blocks 2 3x, Last 11/9/21 vs. TAMIU
3 2x, Last 2/23/23 vs. Utah Tech Steals 3 4x, Last 2/23/23 vs. Utah Tech
41 2/25/23 vs. Tarleton Minutes 41 2/25/23 vs. Tarleton
 
Career: Finished career ranked 17th in scoring (1,179) and sixth in free throws made (330) and attempted (486).

2022-23 (Senior): Selected to participate in 3x3U Championships during Final Four weekend … Finished season with 630 points, the 11th-highest single-season total in program history … Also ranks third in free throw attempts (274) and fourth in free throw makes (186) … Led the WAC in five categories, ranking second in the NCAA in free throws made (274), sixth in free throw makes (186), 20th in points per game (20.3), 70th in field goals made (207), and 131st in minutes per game (34:20) … Also ranked 42nd in the NCAA and third in the WAC in points (630), 48th in the NCAA and second in the WAC in field goal attempts (469), 218th in the NCAA and fifth in the WAC in field goal shooting (44.1%), 293rd in the NCAA and ninth in the WAC in defensive rebounding (4.42), 341st in the NCAA and 13th in the WAC in assists per game (3.0), and 350th in the NCAA and 13th in the WAC in assist-to-turnover ratio (0.79) … Led UTRGV in scoring 18 times, rebounding four times and assists 11 times … Reached double-figures in scoring 31 times, including 17 games of 20+ points and five games of 30+ points … Reached double-figures in rebounding twice en route to two double-doubles … Scored 13 points in WAC Tournament opener vs. Tarleton (3/7) … Earned All-WAC First Team honors (3/5) … Scored 12 points with four assists at California Baptist (3/1) … Scored 16 points with seven rebounds and career-high tying six assists in career-high 41 minutes vs. Tarleton (2/25) … Scored a game-high 30 points and tied a career-high with three steals vs. Utah Tech (2/23) … Scored team-high 24 points with nine rebounds and five assists at Grand Canyon (2/15) … Went career-high 15-for-25 from the line en route to game-high 23 points vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/11) … Scored team-high 16 points at Tarleton (2/4) … Scored game-high 22 points vs. Sam Houston (2/1) … Scored 11 points with eight rebounds and four assists vs. California Baptist (1/28) … Became 27thplayer to score 1,000 points for this program by scoring 25 points at Stephen F. Austin (1/25) … Scored 29 points while hitting career-high 14 free throws at Sam Houston (1/21) … Posted second-straight 30-point game with game-high 30 points at UT Arlington (1/19) … Hit career-high tying 12 free throws in career-high tying 40 minutes as part of 32-point night vs. Chicago State (1/14) … Scored 1,000th-career point as part of 25-point outburst on 10-of-13 shooting vs. Abilene Christian (1/11) … Dished out career-high tying six assists with 10 points and six rebounds vs. Utah Valley (1/7) … Posted second double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds vs. Seattle U (1/5) … Scored 25 points with career-high tying three steals at Southern Utah (12/31) … Earned WAC Player of the Week honors (12/19) … Scored 29 points while making career-high tying 12 free throws with eight rebounds, four assists and two steals vs. Houston Christian (12/18) … Posted first double-double by scoring game-high 31 points on season-high 12-of-20 shooting, including season-high 3-of-6 from behind the arc, with season-high 11 rebounds vs. Southwestern Christian (12/15) … Scored 22 points with four rebounds and four assists at Houston Christian (12/10) … Scored team-high 21 points at Western Illinois (12/3) … Scored 17 points with season-high seven rebounds vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/30) … Earned WAC Player of the Week honors (11/28) … Led the team with 18 points with five rebounds at No. 4 Texas (11/26) … Scored game-high 26 points vs. Northern Arizona (11/22) … Recorded fourth-career game of 30+ points with 34 points on 11-of-22 shooting, including 2-of-4 from behind the arc plus 10-of-12 from the line vs. Western Illinois (11/21) … Led team in rebounding (5) and assist (5) with 11 points at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/17) … Scored 11 points with five rebounds vs. St. Francis (11/14) … Scored 13 points with five rebounds, three assists and two steals vs. Southwestern Adventist (11/12) … Scored game-high 20 points at Kansas State (11/7) … Scored 16 points with six rebounds and four assists in exhibition vs. Concordia (11/2) … Earned Preseason All-WAC First Team honors (10/17). 
 
2021-22 (Junior): Led UTRGV in scoring 17 times, rebounding 11 times and assists 10 times … Reached double-figures in scoring 27 times, including nine games of 20+ points, three of which were 30+ point efforts … Reached double-figures in rebounding four times, finishing with three double-doubles … played 40 minutes seven times, tied for the 20th-highest total in the NCAA, averaging 34:47, which ranked 58th in the NCAA and first in the WAC … Earned All-WAC Second Team and All-Newcomer Team honors (3/7) … Led team in points (20), rebounds (8) and assists (4) vs. Stephen F. Austin (3/5) … Posted third double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds at Lamar (3/2) … Scored team-high 13 points at Tarleton (2/24) … Scored game-high 20 points with nine rebounds, four assists and two steals vs. Sam Houston (2/19) … Scored 11 points with seven rebounds and four assists vs. Seattle U (2/16) … Scored career-high 38 points with six rebounds and two steals at California Baptist (2/12) … Scored game-high 19 points with nine rebounds at Seattle U (2/10) … Scored 19 points with seven rebounds and five assists at Abilene Christian (2/5) … Posted seond double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds vs. Lamar (2/2) … Scored team-high 23 points with eight rebounds vs. Tarleton (1/29) … Made first start at point guard, scoring game-high 22 points with game-high nine reboudns and career-high six assists vs. Abilene Christian (1/26) … Scored 21 points with nine rebounds at Dixie State (1/22) … Scored 10 points on 5-of-11 shooting at Utah Valley (1/20) … Grabbed career-high 13 rebounds vs. Chicago State (1/13) … Scored game-high 20 points with eight rebounds and three assists at Stephen F. Austin (1/11) … Scored 11 points vs. New Mexico State (1/8) … Scored 16 points with seven rebounds and career-high tying four assists vs. Grand Canyon (1/6) … Scored 22 points with career-high tying four assists (1/3) … Scored 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (12/8) … Scored 12 points with six rebounds at #7 Texas (12/3) … Scored game-high 33 points while hitting career-high four 3-points vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (12/1) … Scored team-high 28 points on 7-of-13 shooting, including career-best 3-of-5 from behind the arc, plus career-best 11-of-14 from the line, at #14 Illinois (11/26) … Scored team-high 18 points with nine rebounds and career-high tying four assists vs. Cal State Fullerton (11/23) … Recorded third-career multi 3-pointer game en route to 11 points and career-high tying four assists at Northern Arizona (11/20) … Posted first-career double-double with career-high 35 points on career-high 15-of-18 shooting and career-high 10 rebounds in career-high 40 minutes vs. Northern Arizona … Scored career-high 18 points on career-high 7-of-9 shooting with career-high tying  seven rebounds vs. Paul Quinn College (11/16) … Scored 10 points at (RV) Arizona (11/12) … Scored 13 points with career-high seven rebounds, career-high tying four assists, career-high tying three steals and career-high tying two blocks vs. Texas A&M International (11/9) … Scored game-high 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting in exhibition vs. UT Tyler (11/3). 

2020-21 (Junior, Southern Mississippi): Played in 21 games (six starts), averaging 5.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists while averaging 18.9 minutes per game. He shot 42.9% (45-for-105) from the field and 70.6% (24-for-34) from the foul line.

2019-20 (Sophomore, South Georgia Tech): Ranked as high as No. 13 nationally by JucoRecruiting.com … Averaged 16.9 points on 50.1% shooting, including 35.7% from behind the arc, with 5.8 rebounds per game.

2018-19 (Freshman, South Georgia Tech): Averaged 18.9 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.

2015-19 (Boyd Anderson High School): No. 21-ranked shooting guard in Florida as a senior.
 
Charity Stripe: Majoring in sociology.
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    2021-22Junior

    Guard/Forward
    6'6" 185 lbs
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    2022-23Senior

    Guard/Forward
    6'6" 185 lbs
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