Robert Johnson
 
EXPERT ANALYSIS
  "Robert is the most underrated player in the league. He is double- and triple-teamed, and he still comes up with his points."
-- Rice coach Willis Wilson
College: Rice
Height: 6-4
Weight: 195 pounds
Position: Guard
Age: 23 (April 16, 1976)
Birthplace: Waco, Texas

Career highlights

  • Rice's seventh-leading career scorer with 1,413 points
  • Prolific 3-point shooter, attempted nearly half his career field goals from behind the arc
  • Averaged 13.7 points and 6.0 assists (tied for second in tournament) at Portsmouth Invitational Tournament

    College highlights
    Senior

  • Averaged 22.0 ppg (12th in nation) to become Rice's first-ever All-WAC Mountain Division First Team honoree
  • Finished second in WAC in scoring
  • Set Rice single-season record with 83 3-pointers
  • Started all 28 games
  • More than half his shots -- 230 of 440 -- came from 3-point range
  • Led WAC and was 19th nationally with 3.0 3-pointers made per game
  • Scored in double figures every game and had 20 points or more 18 times, with a career-high 32 against Stephen F. Austin State, when he shot 6-for-7 from 3-point range and 9-for-11 overall
    Junior
  • Started all 28 games as a junior, averaging 11.6 ppg to rank third on Owls
  • Scored in double figures 17 times with a season-high 26 vs. Hawaii
  • Tallied 21 vs. Evansville in San Juan Shootout
  • Led Rice with .747 mark from foul line
    Sophomore
  • Came off the bench in 23 of 27 games played and averaged 7.4 ppg
  • Scored season-high 20 points against Colorado School of Mines, shooting 4-for-6 on 3-pointers
    Freshman
  • Started 24 of 28 games and averaged 9.7 ppg, best by a Rice freshman since former NBA player Brent Scott averaged 15.3 ppg in 1990
  • Twice scored 19 points, against Texas Tech and North Texas

    College statistics
    SEASON G FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT REB AST PTS AVG
    1995-962889232.3846286.721109342719.7
    1996-972763165.3824974.66266242017.4
    1997-9828102290.35274138.747935032411.6
    1998-9928191440.434152209.7271205961722.0
    TOTALS1114451127.395337468.7203881671,41312.7
    Three-point field goals: 1995-96, 31-for-90 (.344); 1996-97, 26-for-76 (.342); 1997-98, 46-for-138 (.333); 1998-99, 83-for-230 (.361). Totals: 186-for-534 (.348).











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