SENATOBIA – Northwest sophomore guard and 2016-17 MACJC All-Star
Janesha Johnson will continue her collegiate basketball career at the University of Charleston, signing with the Golden Eagles on Friday.
The Oxford native wrapped up her two-year Lady Ranger career by averaging 13.3 points and 4.4 rebounds in 42 career games, adding 94 assists and 48 steals. She finished fifth all-time with 93 made three pointers and shot 34 percent for her career from downtown.
Johnson scored in double figures in 30 career games, including seven 20-point games and a career-high 29 against ASU-Mid South on Nov. 7, 2016.
Prior to Northwest, Johnson led Oxford to a 22-8 overall record and a runner-up finish in the Class 5A state championship game as a senior. The Dandy Dozen and All-Region 2-5A selection was also named the 2014
Oxford Eagle Player of the Year.
Johnson is the third Lady Ranger this offseason to sign with a four-year program, joining teammates
Destiny Gardner (North Alabama) and Averyale Joy (Freed-Hardeman University).
UC is an NCAA Division II school located in Charleston, W.V., and competes in the Mountain East Conference.