Anteaters' Second-Leading Scorer Transfers to Florida A - Los Angeles Times

Anteaters’ Second-Leading Scorer Transfers to Florida A

By CHRIS FOSTER

Sept. 20, 1997 12 AM PT

Brian Johnson, the second-leading scorer on the UC Irvine men’s basketball team last season, has transferred to Florida A&M;, his mother, Collie, said Friday.

Johnson, a 6-foot-7 forward, averaged 12.3 points and 4.9 rebounds and was named to the Big West Conference all-freshman team.

The Anteaters finished 1-25 and Rod Baker, who had recruited Johnson, was fired. Johnson left at the end of the semester.

Johnson must sit out this year and will be eligible for the 1998-99 season.

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Chris Foster is a former sports writer for the Los Angeles Times who covered UCLA football and basketball, USC basketball, the Kings and the Ducks. He grew up in San Clemente, arriving long before Richard Nixon came to town. As a teen, he surfed, played football and basketball, and fell in love with sports journalism. Foster died Dec. 13, 2023.