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Johnson, Paige On Wooden Award Midseason List

are among 25 college basketball players on the John R. Wooden Award Mid-Season Top 25, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced today. Carolina is one of four schools (with Gonzaga, Kansas and Kentucky) to have two players on the Top 25 list.

Johnson, a forward from Orangeburg, S.C., leads Carolina in scoring (16.7) and rebounding (10.2) and leads the ACC in field goal percentage at .644. Johnson has scored career highs in three different games this season – 39 at Florida State, 27 vs. UCLA and 25 vs. Tulane. He had a career-best 23 rebounds in the win at Florida State.