In a blowout victory over Upper Room Christian (NY) on Thursday, the 6-foot-3 shooting guard out of St. Benedict’s (NJ) poured in 45 points in front of Jim Larranaga.

“It was nerve-racking,” Johnson said. “You'd think it was like playing in the live period, but it was totally different when you’ve signed with the school, so I just wanted to play really well.”

Johnson, who said he knew in advance that coach Larranaga would be at the game, said that this was the first time that a Miami coach has been up to Newark, N.J. to watch him in action.

“Yeah, they only have like three or four chances to come up so they wanted to do it middle or later season,” Johnson explained.

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