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Jersey Number 2
Matt Johnson II
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Aurora, Colo.
2021-22
-Played in 37 games for the Bears, averaging 33.9 minutes per game
-Averaged 13.4 points per game
-Led the team in assists with a total of 138 assists
-Finished with a total of 23 steals
2020-21
- Third team All-Big Sky
- Started all 22 games averaging 34.1 minutes
- Third on team scoring 13.0 points per game
- Made 48.0% of his 3-point attempts, averaging 2.09 per game to rank fourth in the conference and 179th in the NCAA.
- Led the team with 65 assists per game averaging 2.95 a contest
- Scored a career-high 23 points against Eastern Washington (1/23)
- Eclipsed the 20-plus point mark five times and double figures 16.
- Had a career best eight assists in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament against Sacramento State (3/10)
2019-20
- Academic All-Big Sky honoree
- Started all 31 games averaging 29.6 minutes.
- Averaged 7.5 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.
- Shot 43.1 percent from behind the arc and 44.4 percent overall.
- Scored a career-high 21 points against Colorado College, making nine of 14 shots in the performance.
- Made a career-best five 3-pointers, twice in the year against Northern Arizona (1/18/20) and Northern New Mexico (12/4/19).
- Scored double figure points eight times and 20-plus once.
- Led the team in scoring twice, steals seven-times and blocks once.
2018-19
- Saw action in nine games averaging 5.2 minutes
- Made debut as a Bear against Colorado College playing 20 minutes, scoring six points and passing out four assists.
2017-18
- Redshirted
High School:
- Johnson is coming off a stellar senior season for the Rangeview Raiders.
- East Metro Athletic Conference (EMAC) Player of the Year along with First Team All-Conference honors.
- Johnson averaged 21.8 points per game to go with 3.2 apg, 3.1 rpg and 2.0 steals.
- Johnson finished the 2016-17 season as the fifth leading scorer in all of Colorado 5A basketball.
- First Team All-City and an honorable mention All-USA Colorado.
- Over the last three seasons, the UNC commit has led his team to three straight conference titles, along with deep runs in the State Championship tournament.
- His junior year, Johnson took the Raiders to the 5A State final four, coming up just short in the semifinal game.
- Honor Roll student all four years of his high school career, carrying the highest GPA of any player on the RHS basketball team.
Personal
- Matt is the son of Mathew Johnson and Monica Jones-Johnson.
-Played in 37 games for the Bears, averaging 33.9 minutes per game
-Averaged 13.4 points per game
-Led the team in assists with a total of 138 assists
-Finished with a total of 23 steals
2020-21
- Third team All-Big Sky
- Started all 22 games averaging 34.1 minutes
- Third on team scoring 13.0 points per game
- Made 48.0% of his 3-point attempts, averaging 2.09 per game to rank fourth in the conference and 179th in the NCAA.
- Led the team with 65 assists per game averaging 2.95 a contest
- Scored a career-high 23 points against Eastern Washington (1/23)
- Eclipsed the 20-plus point mark five times and double figures 16.
- Had a career best eight assists in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament against Sacramento State (3/10)
2019-20
- Academic All-Big Sky honoree
- Started all 31 games averaging 29.6 minutes.
- Averaged 7.5 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.
- Shot 43.1 percent from behind the arc and 44.4 percent overall.
- Scored a career-high 21 points against Colorado College, making nine of 14 shots in the performance.
- Made a career-best five 3-pointers, twice in the year against Northern Arizona (1/18/20) and Northern New Mexico (12/4/19).
- Scored double figure points eight times and 20-plus once.
- Led the team in scoring twice, steals seven-times and blocks once.
2018-19
- Saw action in nine games averaging 5.2 minutes
- Made debut as a Bear against Colorado College playing 20 minutes, scoring six points and passing out four assists.
2017-18
- Redshirted
High School:
- Johnson is coming off a stellar senior season for the Rangeview Raiders.
- East Metro Athletic Conference (EMAC) Player of the Year along with First Team All-Conference honors.
- Johnson averaged 21.8 points per game to go with 3.2 apg, 3.1 rpg and 2.0 steals.
- Johnson finished the 2016-17 season as the fifth leading scorer in all of Colorado 5A basketball.
- First Team All-City and an honorable mention All-USA Colorado.
- Over the last three seasons, the UNC commit has led his team to three straight conference titles, along with deep runs in the State Championship tournament.
- His junior year, Johnson took the Raiders to the 5A State final four, coming up just short in the semifinal game.
- Honor Roll student all four years of his high school career, carrying the highest GPA of any player on the RHS basketball team.
Personal
- Matt is the son of Mathew Johnson and Monica Jones-Johnson.
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