Deacs Land Backcourt Addition in Johnson
6/8/2024 11:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest men's basketball has added Ty-Laur Johnson to the roster for the upcoming 2024-25 season, announced head coach Steve Forbes. Johnson comes from the University of Louisville to Winston-Salem and will be a sophomore for the Demon Deacons this upcoming year.
"Ty-Laur possesses elite end-to-end speed and quickness on offense and defense," said head coach Steve Forbes. "He is very unselfish with the ball and is very disruptive on defense. Watching Ty-Laur this past season at Louisville, I was very impressed with his competitiveness and his unwillingness to back down to anyone he played against."
Ty-Laur Johnson | Guard | 6-0 | 160 lbs | Univ. of Louisville | Brooklyn, N.Y.
Johnson appeared in 30 games for the Cardinals, while making eight starts. He led the team in both assists (3.6pg) and steals (1.4pg). He ranked 10th in ACC in assists and 13th in steals. At the free-throw line, the Brooklyn native was seventh-best in the ACC with an 82.4 percentage. He averaged 8.7 points per game and recorded double-figures in points on 12 separate occasions and had 10 performances of 5 or more assists.
He exploded for career highs of 27 points and 11 assists, in addition to six rebounds on 9-of-15 shooting versus Florida State. He was named ACC Rookie of the Week and finished as one of two players to total such marks against a Division I team in 2023-24. At the end of the season, he was named to the All-ACC Academic Team.
For his senior year of high school, Johnson competed at Our Savior Lutheran in the Overtime Elite League, averaging 18.4 points, 5.7 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 2.5 steals per outing. During his junior year, Johnson played for St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, New Jersey – being named the 2022 NJ Prep Player of the Year and placing on the MaxPreps 2021-22 Junior All-America Team after leading the Gray Bees to a 25-1 record that put them sixth nationally.
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"Ty-Laur possesses elite end-to-end speed and quickness on offense and defense," said head coach Steve Forbes. "He is very unselfish with the ball and is very disruptive on defense. Watching Ty-Laur this past season at Louisville, I was very impressed with his competitiveness and his unwillingness to back down to anyone he played against."
Ty-Laur Johnson | Guard | 6-0 | 160 lbs | Univ. of Louisville | Brooklyn, N.Y.
Johnson appeared in 30 games for the Cardinals, while making eight starts. He led the team in both assists (3.6pg) and steals (1.4pg). He ranked 10th in ACC in assists and 13th in steals. At the free-throw line, the Brooklyn native was seventh-best in the ACC with an 82.4 percentage. He averaged 8.7 points per game and recorded double-figures in points on 12 separate occasions and had 10 performances of 5 or more assists.
He exploded for career highs of 27 points and 11 assists, in addition to six rebounds on 9-of-15 shooting versus Florida State. He was named ACC Rookie of the Week and finished as one of two players to total such marks against a Division I team in 2023-24. At the end of the season, he was named to the All-ACC Academic Team.
For his senior year of high school, Johnson competed at Our Savior Lutheran in the Overtime Elite League, averaging 18.4 points, 5.7 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 2.5 steals per outing. During his junior year, Johnson played for St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, New Jersey – being named the 2022 NJ Prep Player of the Year and placing on the MaxPreps 2021-22 Junior All-America Team after leading the Gray Bees to a 25-1 record that put them sixth nationally.
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