Jackson C.C.’s James Johnson transfers to Livingstone College
June 25, 2012 in Cover Story, Division II, JUCO
James Johnson will play at Livingstone College next season.
Jackson Community College standout James Johnson will finish his college basketball career at Livingstone College, a Division II school in North Carolina.
Johnson, a Saginaw Heritage graduate, is a 6-foot-4 wing who developed into a steady, consistent player at Jackson. As a freshman, he averaged 11.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game while shooting 43 percent overall and 32 percent from 3-point range. As a sophomore, he improved to 16.5 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game while maintaining his shooting percentages.
Johnson was named MCCAA All-Region, All-MCCAA and All-Eastern Conference First Team, among other honors, as a sophomore.
Livingstone college competes in the CIAA conference and finished 11-17 last season. The Livingstone coaching staff has a Michigan connection as assistant Tony Holliday is a former Flint area coach, notably coaching Mateen Cleaves and Antonio Smith at Flint Northern in the 1990s.
[...] loses three key players who played a prominent role in last season’s success. Johnson, who is now at Division II Livingstone, led the team in scoring at 16.5 points per game and he was one of the top JUCO players in Michigan [...]