Tyler Rawson and Gibson Johnson have gone on a winding path from acquaintances to friends, teammates and roommates, and now they’ll battle as opponents in their backyard.
When Utah and Hawaii tangle at 5 p.m. Saturday in the Jon M. Huntsman Center, the game will have a little extra juice for the starting forwards on both sides. Rawson, the Utes senior, and Johnson, a senior for the Rainbow Warriors, were both key figures in Salt Lake Community College’s junior college national championship run during the 2015-16 season.
“That whole team at SLCC, when you win a national championship it’s a bonding experience,” Johnson said.