INDIANA FRESHMAN
ROBERT JOHNSON
TORCHES
TEXAS SOUTHERN
ALL-MET ELITE
BENEDICTINE COLLEGE PREP
RICHMOND VA.
Robert Johnson set Assembly Hall aflame in the first half of Indiana's (2-0) 83-64 win over Texas Southern (0-2) and former coach Mike Davis on Monday.
He scored 17 points in the opening 20 minutes, and a game-high 21 overall.
"Robert Johnson played outstanding tonight," IU coach Tom Crean said. "There really wasn't even a time I wanted to take him off the floor."
This was hardly Johnson's opening night. He scored 15 points in the Hoosiers' heavy win over Mississippi Valley State to start the season last weekend.
But Monday night was a complete performance – he tacked on five rebounds and six assists to go with those points. His drives looked effortless and his execution smooth. For the first 20 minutes, in particular, he was the best player on the floor.
"His maturity," said Ryan Marable, Johnson's high school coach, when asked what's allowed him to settle into college basketball so quickly. "How to accept coaching, how to really get in the gym and be self-motivated, those things have helped his transition, but he's always kind of been like that."
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