INDIANAPOLIS – Trent Johnson, a graduate forward for Houston Christian University, has been selected to the E*TRADE Men's 3-Point contest "
watch list" as part of 37th annual State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Friday, April 3. The event will be broadcast nationally on ESPN on Sunday (April 5).
A 6'6 native of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, Johnson is currently averaging 8.5 points per game for the Huskies while knocking down 42.6% of his tries from long distance. He is 18th in the Southland Conference in three-pointers per game at 1.7 and is also hitting a robust 84.3% from the free throw line.
He now set and broken his career-high in scoring on three occasions this season. After setting a new high with 17 against ULM on November 13 and then matching it twice,
Johnson went 7-8 from the floor and 3-4 from deep to score 19 points in the January 17 win over East Texas A&M in the first game of HCU's most recent homestand.
That mark didn't last long as he registered his first career 20-point game in the win over Incarnate Word in the homestand finale. He has a career-best five three-pointers on two occasions this season and has hit two more more in 12 of 25 contests. He also established a new personal best with his eight assists against UTRGV on January 24.
Johnson is in his second season with the Huskies. He averaged 5.8 points a game last season, knocking down 46.6% from the arc on 26-71 shooting in 30 games played. He transferred to HCU after spending a campaign at Idaho State University on the heels of two seasons at Midland College.
The State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships invites a collection of the nation's elite men's and women's college basketball players to compete for slam dunk and 3-point shooting bragging rights. The night features the yearly Slam Dunk Championship, the E*TRADE Men's 3-Point Championship, the Celsius Women's 3-Point Championship and the team shootout. The winners of the Men's and Women's 3-Point Championships will then compete in the Skechers Battle of the Champions.
It will be the seventh time Indianapolis has played host to the event, and the third time the annual competition will take place at Hinkle Fieldhouse, the home of the Butler Bulldogs.
Participants in the State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships have included some of basketball's greats and legendary lottery picks, including Gary Payton, Steve Nash, Cappie Pondexter and Odyssey Sims, to unforgettable tournament superstars from recent history like Kris Jenkins, Jack Gohlke, Dyaisha Fair and Ariel Atkins.
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Houston Christian University hosts University of New Orleans on Valentine's Day in the second half of a double-header with the women, who tip-off at 1 pm. The men's game is slated for a 3:30 pm start, and is a rematch of the conference opener on December 6 in which the Huskies prevailed 85-76 at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans.
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