RANKING THE REBELS: 69 – Michael Johnson
MICHAEL JOHNSON
Years: 1979 to 1982
Career highlights:
■ Ranks fifth in career field-goal percentage (.579) and scored 954 points in 88 games for a career scoring average of 10.8.
■ Has UNLV's record for most points in a National Invitation Tournament game, scoring 31 against Illinois on March 19, 1980.
■ The Rebels went 23-9 in his first season and 20-10 in his final season.
Quotable: "He could take over a game and get 25 points and 18 rebounds. But he was very inconsistent." -- Richard Box, Johnson's teammate for three seasons
After UNLV: Johnson has lived in Las Vegas and his hometown of Los Angeles, but his whereabouts are unknown.
The Review-Journal counts down the top 100 players in UNLV basketball history, 20 years after the Rebels' NCAA championship season in 1989-90.
