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BYU guard Paisley Johnson has the game, and the colorful personality, to match her name

Provo • When you discover that one of the best players on BYU’s women’s basketball team is named Paisley, you immediately imagine that the player is a colorful, charismatic leader with a bubbly personality and a boundless supply of energy.

The 5-foot-9 Johnson is quite a player, too. She’s the second-leading scorer on the team with a 14.4 average, while also grabbing 4.2 rebounds in 34.1 minutes per game.

The surprising Cougars (21-6, 13-3) can clinch at least the No. 2 seed in next week’s West Coast Conference tournament if they can beat San Francisco on Thursday night (7 p.