Jalen Johnson made a briliant return to the court Tuesday night against Pitt. Technically, he returned against Virginia Tech in the previous game, but he only played four minutes and didn’t contribute much since his conditioning was still under what it needed to be so effectively, this was his return.
What we saw against Pitt is a guy who is both talented and deeply instinctive. He had a tremendous stat line, arguably better than Pitt’s Justin Champagnie, who had 31 points, 14 points and five blocks.
Johnson had 24 points, 15 rebounds, seven assists and four blocks.