2000-01 Highlights: Played in all 28 games while picking up 13 starts, including UICs final five games of the season averaged 20.1 minutes game and chipped in 5.7 ppg and 1.8 rebounds passed off 68 assists to 31 turnovers led the Flames with 32 steals scored in double figures five times averaged 5.6 ppg in MCC outings, but upped his scoring production to 11.8 ppg in the final five outings of the year scored a career-high 21 points on 7-of-14 field goal shooting and 3-of-5 three-point shooting versus Cleveland State in the MCC Tournament quarterfinals put in 12 points and passed off a season-best five assists against Butler in the regular-season finale on Feb. 24 tallied 11 points in 23 minutes against Wright State on Jan. 27 put in six of his eight points in the fourth overtime in UICs 112-106 win over UW-Milwaukee on Jan. 11 added 12 points, five assists and four steals to the win over Southern Illinois on Dec. 9 led UIC with 11 points at Central Michigan on Nov. 25. Prior to UIC: Played his first two years of collegiate ball at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kan. as a sophomore, he finished third on the squad in scoring with 10.1 ppg while also tossing in team-bests of 121 assists and 39 steals played in 28 games while earning the starting nod in seven shot 39.2% from the field, 35.8% beyond the three-point arc and 80.1% at the free throw line also added 3.5 rpg while his 11 blocked shots were third most on the team registered double figures in scoring in 18 games, including a season-high 18 points on two occasions passed off a campaign-best 10 assists against Colby a Third Team Kansas Jayhawk Community College Western Division All-Conference pick ranked fifth in the league for free throw percentage and seventh for assists per game as a rookie, he averaged 12.8 ppg, which was third-most on the team, and 4.8 assists hit 44.7% from the floor, 40.2% from three-point range and 78.7% at the charity stripe also added 13 blocked shots, 33 steals and 3.2 rpg scored in double figures 17 times, including four games with 20+ points tallied a career-high 24 points in a 94-84 win over Barton County had a pair of "double-doubles" during the year with 12 points and 12 assists in a victory against Cloud County and 15 points and 11 assists in a win over Kansas City. Prep/Personal Highlights: Lettered three years as a point guard at Stephen Decatur High School in Decatur, Ill. led the Runnin Reds to a Big Twelve West All-Conference championship as a senior as he averaged 17.9 ppg and led the team in assists collected all-conference and all-state special mention following the year born Nov. 22, 1978 son of Aldenette Johnson majoring in Kinesiology.
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