Johnson Named NABC First Team All-District

KANSAS CITY, Mo - University of New Orleans men's basketball player Jordan Johnson was named First Team All-District by the National Association of Basketball Coaches for his outstanding performance during the recently completed season, as announced by the NABC.

Johnson, a senior guard from Memphis, Tennessee, earned this NABC honor after being named to the All-Southland Conference Second Team. He averaged 21.3 points per game for the season, shooting 38.67% from the field and 34.03% from three-point range, while also providing a team-high of nearly four assists per game. Johnson's scoring avaraged reminined in the top-15 nationally throughout the season. The senior recorded 16 games with 20 or more points, including a career-high 40-point game against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Johnson received the Southland Player of the Week award twice this season, including a week where he was simultaneously named Associated Press, LSWA, and Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week. During this remarkable stretch, Johnson averaged 38.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 2.5 steals per game, with shooting percentages of 58.8% from the field and 87.5% against TAMUCC and Texas A&M-Commerce.

This marks Johnson's second consecutive year receiving the NABC First Team honor.

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