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2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster

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Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
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35 Brandon Johnson

35 Brandon Johnson

  • Position:
    Forward
  • Height:
    6-8
  • Weight:
    220
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Chicago, Ill.
  • High School:
    Thea Bowman Leadership Academy

Summary

Biography

2019-20 stats: 15.4 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 31 blocks, 32 assists, 15 steals - 32 games played / 991 minutes
• Third Team All-MAC
• Became 44th member of WMU's 1,000-point club
• Two-time MAC West Player of the Week (12/17) (2/10)
• Played in all 32 games, making 31 starts and averaging 31.0 minutes per game
• Ranked 8th in the MAC in rebounding (8.1), 6th in blocks (1.0) and 5th in defensive rebounds (6.2)
• Led the Broncos in Rebounds (258), Blocks (31) and Double-Doubles (6)
• Scored a career-high 29 points on 12-of-14 shooting vs. Ball State (2/8)
• Shot 70 percent from the field with 21 points at Miami (2/4) 
• Matched career-high with four blocks in First Round of MAC Tournament at Toledo (3/9) 

2018-19
• Redshirt due to injury

2017-18 stats: 9.3 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 16 blocks, 20 assists, 13 steals - 29 games played / 787 mins. 
• Played and started in 29 games for the Broncos
• Registered two double-doubles on the season
• Earned Coaches' Award at WMU Awards Banquetc
• Played and started in 55 straight games to begin career before not play against Miami due to illness
• Was second on the team in rebounds with 5.8 per game
• Collected 13 points and 11 rebounds at Buffalo (2/2/2018)
• Scored in double digits in 15 games and had two double-digit rebound games.
• Had a 20-point performance along with nine rebounds at Detroit Mercy (12/9/2017)

2016-17 stats: 8.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 23 assists, 19 blocks - 32 games played / 737 mins.
• Started all 32 games - just the second freshman ever to start every game in a season for head coach Steve Hawkins
• Led the team averaging 5.5 rpg, was the fourth-highest scorer at 8.0 ppg and tied for a team-high 19 blocks
• Recorded three double-doubles through the first seven games and five total on the season
• Scored in double digits in 15 games and had double-digit rebounds in five games
• Had two games with 14 rebounds (vs. Marygrove, 11/11/16 & vs. UNCW, 11/30/16)
• Scored a season-high 15 points, going 7-for-9 from the floor and 1-for-2 from the FT line at Central Michigan, also grabbed eight rebounds (2/3/17)
• Had 14 points and 12 rebounds in home game vs. Central Michigan (3/3/17)
• Had 13 points and eight rebounds before fouling out in MAC second round tournament game vs. Ball State (3/9/17)

High School:
• Played senior season and graduated from Thea Bowman Leadership Academy in Gary, Ind.
• Averaged 15 points and 6.5 rebounds as a senior
• Attended and played at Thornton Fractional South in Lansing, Ill., first three years of high school
• Played AAU for All IN/Young and Reckless
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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2016-17Freshman

    Forward
    6'8" 225 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2017-18Sophomore

    Forward
    6'8" 225 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2018-19Junior

    Forward
    6'8" 210 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2019-20Redshirt Junior

    Forward
    6'8" 220 lbs
    35