For Xavier Johnson, family is everything.
And Indiana’s trip to College Park, Maryland, was Johnson’s last chance to play in front of most of his family in a college uniform.
Johnson, who has missed nearly two full months of this season with elbow and ankle injuries, hails from Woodbridge, Virginia — about a 50-minute drive from the Xfinity Center, home of the Terrapins. The homecoming was emotional, but in the end, Johnson gave himself and his family one of his most complete performances of the season in IU’s 83-78 comeback win over Maryland.
“It’s my last time being in a college uniform in front of my family,” Johnson said Friday morning.