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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

24 Ben Johnson

  • Position Guard
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height 6-3
  • Hometown Lexington, KY
  • Highschool Lexington Catholic
  • Prev School Bellarmine

Biography

2024-25 - Redshirt Junior
Named to NABC Honors Court...ASUN Honor Roll recipient...Appeared in 18 games, starting the first 17, in injury-shortened campaign while averaging 30.2 minutes…Scored double-digit points in 10 games, including six straight from Nov. 19 to Dec. 7…Grabbed a career-high four steals on Nov. 16 at Marshall…Hit six 3-pointers on Nov. 19 at Louisville, the most by a Knight against a power conference opponent and tied for the 5th-most in a game overall during Bellarmine’s Division I era…Made 10 of 21 shots overall against Louisville and tallied a season-best 29 points, also the most ever by a Knight against a power conference opponent...Poured in 22 points, hitting 5 of 11 threes, and matched a career high with seven rebounds on Dec. 4 at Western Carolina…Followed his performance against WCU by hitting 5 of 12 threes, scoring 17 points and handing out a career-high six assists in 94-66 win Dec. 7 vs. Brescia…Reached double-digit scoring in his last two games (11 on Jan. 9 vs. Jacksonville and 13 on Jan. 11 vs. North Florida) before missing 13 of the final 14 games with an injury…His 175 career made 3-pointers rank 7th in BU history and are the most during the D1 era… His 937 career points, 800 field goal attempts and 469 3-point attempts are each the most by a Knight during the D1 era and his 338 made field goals are 2nd-most…His 462 career points in ASUN play rank 2nd in program history while his 169 field goals rank 3rd.

2023-24 - Redshirt Sophomore
Named to NABC Honors Court...ASUN Honor Roll recipient…Appeared in 27 games, starting 23…Set new career highs with his 13.9 scoring average and .381 3-point percentage (fourth in ASUN)…His 13.9 points per game and 375 points were both the fourth-highest marks during Bellarmine’s D1 era (since 2020-21)…Led the team and set new career highs with both his 137 made field goals and 69 made 3-pointers despite missing four games due to injury…His 69 threes were the second-highest single-season total during BU’s D1 era…Placed third in the ASUN averaging 3.1 made 3-pointers in conference play and fourth with his .408 3-point percentage…Appeared ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 twice for game-winning buzzer-beating 3-pointers…Was the only Knight to eclipse 30 points, doing so twice on Dec. 30 at High Point (32 points) and March 1 at Austin Peay (34 points)…His 34 points at APSU are the second-highest total during the D1 era and his 32 against HPU are third…Matched a career high with seven rebounds at High Point and Jan. 4 vs. APSU…Connected on six 3-pointers both Feb. 7 vs. Stetson and vs. APSU, one shy of his program record in ASUN play of seven (also done twice)…Led the Knights with five 20-point efforts and was third reaching double digits 18 times…Drained a game-winning 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left in overtime on Feb. 1 at Kennesaw State, finishing with 16 points…Sank a game-winning 3-pointer as time expired Feb. 22 vs. Central Arkansas to cap a 14-point performance in a 68-65 win…Matched a career high with three steals Nov. 21 vs. Midway and vs. UCA…Handed out a season-high four assists in addition to his 18 points Feb. 24 vs. North Alabama…Played a career-high 42 minutes in the season finale at APSU, scoring a career-high 34 points on 13-of-25 shooting (also career highs in field goals and attempts) and going 6-of-11 from beyond the arc…Finished the season ranked 10th on BU’s all-time made 3-pointers list with 136, but leads the program during BU’s D1 era after just two seasons…Also ranks fourth during BU’s D1 era with 732 points and third with 264 made field goals…Ranks fourth in BU history with 420 points in ASUN play.

2022-23 - Redshirt First Year
Named to ASUN All-Freshman Team…ASUN Honor Roll recipient...Led team in 3-pointers made (67) while ranking second in scoring (11.2) and third in field-goal percentage (45.5)…Averaged 2.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists while collecting 19 steals and shooting 78.3 percent from the free-throw line…Appeared in 32 games with two starts and ranked fifth on team at 24.5 minutes per game…Averaged 10.7 points and 2.2 rebounds in ASUN play…Led team in scoring nine times and carried three of team’s four highest-scoring performances of the season…Scored in double figures on 15 occasions, with six outings of at least 20 points…Piled up season highs of 31 points, nine 3-pointers made, seven rebounds and five assists against Alice Lloyd on Dec. 4, with the total points and 3-pointers made ranking as the team’s individual highs on the season…Racked up 29 points behind 7-for-9 shooting from 3-point range against Queens on Feb. 11 and poured in 26 points on 9-for-14 shooting, including four 3-pointers, against North Florida in first round of ASUN Tournament…Also had a 23-point game behind 7-for-10 accuracy from beyond the arc against Jacksonville State on Feb. 4, a 20-point effort against UCLA on Nov. 27 and a 21-point performance against Evansville on Dec. 21…Nailed at least two 3-pointers in 17 games, with eight of three or more and four with at least five…Distributed two assists or more in 11 games and grabbed at least three rebounds in 12 contests, with eight of four boards or more.

2021-22 - First Year
ASUN Honor Roll recipient...Redshirt.

BEFORE BELLARMINE: Played high school basketball at Lexington Catholic in Kentucky and was a four-year starter and two-time team captain…Named 2021 Mr. Basketball in Kentucky and was first-team All-State as a junior and senior…Also recognized as regional Player of the Year his senior season…Averaged 27 points his final season and left as all-time leading scorer at Lexington Catholic…Team captured district championship his junior year while going 27-3 and posted 20-3 record his senior year…Played travel ball for Matt’s Mustangs.

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