2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Nate Johnson
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
- High School:
- McArthur HS
Returning backcourt starter who will be one of the team’s most dependable scorers again as a junior … Explosive athlete with great shooting range well beyond the three-point arc … Shoulders high expectations on the defensive end as well and is one of the team’s most active defenders … Is an All-Conference caliber guard who is poised for a breakthrough season.
2018-2019 at Gardner-Webb: Started all 35 games on the wing … Ranked third on the team with an average of 31.0 minutes per game … Averaged 9.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game … Led the team with 53 steals, which ranked fourth in the Big South … Scored in double figures 19 times … Netted a career-high 20 points in the win over UNC Wilmington (11/24) … Scored 17 points at Virginia Tech (11/9) … Scored 19 points at Presbyterian (2/9) … Shot 38.8 percent from long distance (62-of-160) … Ranked second on the team in three-pointers made … Led the team’s guards in rebounding … Shot an efficient 76.9 percent from the free throw line (40-of-52).
2017-2018 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 12 games, logging 11.3 minutes per appearance off the bench … Did not see action in the final 19 games of the season … Scored a career-best 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting vs. Warren Wilson (11/18) … Scored nine points vs. Brevard (11/21) … Also had nine points vs. Toccoa Falls (12/20) … Averaged 3.8 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.
High School: Highly-touted guard played senior season at McArthur (Fla.) High under Coach Warren Gale ... Earned All-State honors ... A first-team All-Broward County choice by the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and the Miami Herald ... Averaged 22.5 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.2 steals and 2.0 blocks per game as a senior ... Scored a season-high 32 points in a showdown with national power Blanche Ely (Fla.) High ... Played junior season at Miami Beach (Fla.) High, where he averaged 13.1 points, 7.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game.
