Raven Johnson's All-Around Mastery

0:00On March 3rd, Raven Johnson, the senior guard for the South Carolina Gamecocks, just earned South Eastern Conference defensive player of the year. Honors. She's the fifth player in program history to snag that award, and also made the all-defensive team plus all-South Eastern Conference second team for the second straight year. Her defense anchored a Gamecocks unit that topped the conference in scoring defense and opponent field goal percentage. Johnson led all guards with 70 combined steals and blocks, and when she was on the floor, ranked foe scored nearly 10 fewer points per one. Hundred possessions, while shooting 3.5% worse overall, and 8.3% worse from three. Beyond defense, she hit career highs offensively with 10 points per game, 49.6% shooting, 38% from deep, and 5.4 assists. She ranked 4th nationally in assists to turnover ratio at 3.6 and 6th in the South Eastern Conference with 167.

1:00Total assists, way ahead of her teammates. Johnson joins Gamecocks' greats like Aja Wilson and Aliyah Boston as past winners, and her squad tied the conference record with five all-South Eastern. Conference picks this season. Despite being the team's shortest at 5 feet 9 inches, she grabbed the third most rebounds with 129. This stands out year from Johnson highlights her all-around game as the Gamecocks chaste another deep postseason run.