Among the pleasant surprises of the 2018 NC State basketball season has been Markell Johnson’s outstanding work distributing the ball. As you may have heard by now, Johnson owns the school record for consecutive games with double-digit assists—which stands at five after last night.
Johnson is one of the top distributors in the nation, ranking fourth nationally in assist percentage and tops among ACC players. He has an assist percentage of 52.6 in ACC play, which basically means that when he’s on the floor, he’s assisting on one out of every two shots that State makes.
Since his return from suspension, he’s been content to assume a secondary scoring role and instead focus on setting up his teammates.