Troy University Athletics
2021-22 Basketball (W) Roster
Roster
Tiyah Johnson
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- G
- Hometown:
- Phenix City, Ala.
- High School:
- Central HS
- Prev School:
- Shelton State CC
CAREER HONORS
• 2020-21 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll (3.0-3.49 GPA)
• All-Sun Belt Third Team (2020-21)
• Sun Belt Player of the Week (12/15/20)
Senior (2021-22)
Started 23 of her 33 games played… Led the team in three-pointers (55) and 3-point percentage (35.0 percent)… Awarded the Sun Belt Sun Belt Conference Postgraduate Scholarship… Averaged 8.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 22.2 minutes to help lead Troy to the Sun Belt regular season title… Totaled 290 points, third most of the team, and 129 rebounds… Also added 45 assists, third most on the team… Tallied 16 double-digit scoring contests and a pair of double-digit rebounding contests… Recorded a season-high 25 points in Troy’s road win over Texas State… Finished the season with back-to-back double-figure scoring outings (11 vs. UTA; 13 vs. Alabama)
Senior (2020-21)
Named to the All-Sun Belt Conference Third Team ... Earned her first career SBC Player of the Week honor on Dec. 15 after averaging 24.5 points and 6.5 rebounds, including Troy's first 30+ point game since 2016 ... Played in all 28 games making 26 starts, including the final 20 games of the season, while helping Troy win their fourth Sun Belt Championship, the second of her career, and making the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed ... Averaged 13.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game while shooting 39.4 percent from the field (123-of-312), 31.2 percent from three (43-of-138) and 76.3 percent from the free throw line (74-of-97) ... She finished second on the team in scoring, fourth in rebounding and second in steals (40) ... She made the second-biggest jump in points per game production (+7.0 ppg) from her junior year (6.0 ppg) to her senior year (13.0) ... She scored a season-high 30-points in Troy's record-setting 131-point win over LaGrange College (Dec. 7) ... She scored in double-figures in 21 games and surpassed 15 points in 11 of those games ... Tiyah had a season-long streak of nine straight games with double-digit points and scored at least 10-points in 14 of Troy's 17 SBC games ... In Troy's three SBC Tournament games she averaged 11 points and 6.3 rebounds ... In the opening game of the SBC Tournament against Texas State (March 6) she seven points in just over two minutes in overtime after scoring just five points in the first 40 minutes of regulation ... In SBC games only, Tiyah ranked sixth in scoring (13.5 ppg), 11th in steals (1.6), 11th in made 3-pointers (1.4) and 14th in offensive boards (2.1) ... In all games Tiyah ranked 8th in the Sun Belt in scoring, 12th in free throw percentage, ninth in steals and eighth in made three's ... On the year she scored 363 points to finish with the 163rd most points scoring in the NCAA ... In her first NCAA Tournament game she scored eight points with seven rebounds, a block and a steal
Junior (2019-20)
Played in 29 games making 10 starts while helping Troy win its first-ever Sun Belt Regular Season Title ... Averaged 6.0 ppg and 3.1 rpg while earning 21 steals, 16 assists and seven blocked shots ... She finished third on the team in made three’s with 26 and averaged 0.9 makes per game ... Between Nov. 5 and Jan. 8, she made 23 consecutive free throws ... Recorded double-digit points in seven games with a season-high 13 at Duke and against App State ... Made a season best four triples in her second game with Troy on Nov. 12 at Samford ... Earned a season-high seven rebounds twice, at Bethune-Cookman and against Louisiana
*Had season cut short in March due to COVID-19 before SBC Tournament
Shelton State Community College
Johnson was named a First Team All-American by the NJCAA after averaging 18.1 points in 24.5 minutes of action per game ... She helped lead her Shelton State squad to a 29-4 record during her sophomore campaign while scoring in double figures 28 times with 20 or more points in 16 of those contests ... Scored a season-high 31 against Gadsden State ... She ended her sophomore season shooting 41.8 percent from long range while grabbing 3.3 boards and dishing out 1.7 assists per game ... Helped her squad earn a No. 7 national ranking and its fourth straight Alabama Community College Conference Championship ... Named to the Shelton State Dean’s List
High School
Starred at Central High School in Phenix City, Ala. ... She earned Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State honors after leading the Red Devils to a Class 7A Final Four appearance her senior year in 2017
CAREER HIGHS (Through 2020-21)
Points: 30, vs LaGrange (12/7/20)
Rebounds: 10, at App St. (1/29/21)
Field Goals Made: 11, vs LaGrange (12/7/20)
Field Goals Attempted: 19, 2x last at App St. 1/29/21)
Three-Point Field Goals Made: 5, at Coastal Carolina (2/27/21)
Three-Point Field Goals Attempted: 10, at Samford (11/12/19)
Free Throws Made: 8, vs Chattanooga (12/9/20)
Free Throws Attempted: 12, vs Southeastern La. (11/27/20)
Assists: 4, vs App St. (1/2/21)
Steals: 3, 7x last at Ga. Southern (2/5/21)
Blocks: 2, vs Kent St. (12/20/19)
Minutes: 39, vs Texas A&M (3/22/21)
