The High Point Panthers have one of the most unique players in college basketball on its roster: Chase Johnston, a 6-foot-3 senior with a speciality.
Johnston, a 22-year-old who previously played at Stetson and Florida Gulf Coast, is a player who knows his role. He only shoots 3-pointers when he is on the court. Johnston, who was in the starting lineup for the first 11 games of the season and has since come off the bench, is the definition of a shooter’s shooter.
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He is averaging 13.0 attempts from beyond the arc per 40 minutes, shooting 48.5 percent on 3-pointers. But he has not yet made a single 2-pointer in any game this season. In fact, he has only attempted four 2-pointers and four free throws during this campaign.
The guard last made a 2-pointer in a college basketball game on February 5, 2025 and last made a free throw on February 19, 2025. That is over 13 months without making a shot inside the arc or at the charity stripe.
During his collegiate career, Johnston has attempted as many as 17 shots from beyond the arc during a game. He has recorded more than 30 NCAA games with at least ten 3-point attempts. Almost all of them are catch-and-shoot attempts.
This is not the kind of player that you want to see get hot as we have seen him hit more than 8 shots from long distance a few times while in college. That is dangerous in March, but he is also one-dimensional enough that his opponents know exactly what he is going to do. They just have to stop him.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Meet Chase Johnston, the High Point shooter who’s not made a 2-pointer
