{"id":762244,"date":"2026-06-16T05:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/762244\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T05:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:45:29","slug":"high-points-chase-johnston-hits-first-2-point-fg-at-perfect-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/762244\/","title":{"rendered":"High Point&#8217;s Chase Johnston Hits First 2-Point FG at Perfect Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">It didn\u2019t take long for March Madness to deliver chaos as 12th-seeded <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/high-point-panthers-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">High Point<\/a> shocked No. 5 Wisconsin, 83-82, in a thrilling first-round game of the NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball Tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">But a deeper look at the box score reveals one of the most bizarre, head-scratching stats you\u2019ll see all tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">High Point senior <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/chase-johnston-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chase Johnston<\/a>, who is now at his third school in six years, entered the NCAA Tournament having attempted 136 field goals this season. An incredible 132 of them were from beyond the arc. He was 0-for-4 on 2-point attempts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">Until now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">The 6-foot-3, 180-pound guard from Boca Raton, Florida, picked the perfect moment to convert his first 2-point field goal of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">With High Point trailing 82\u201381 and under 15 seconds remaining, Johnston sprinted ahead in transition, caught a perfect outlet pass, and laid it in to give the Panthers the lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">Game-winner. First 2-pointer of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">Johnston finished with 14 points, 12 of them from 3-point range. But it was that one layup \u2014 his only 2-point field goal of the year \u2014 that will be remembered as the biggest shot of his college career and one of the most iconic in High Point history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">This is what March Madness is all about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It didn\u2019t take long for March Madness to deliver chaos as 12th-seeded High Point shocked No. 5 Wisconsin,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,18909,231,772,1544,3471],"class_list":["post-762244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-basketball","tag-college-basketball","tag-high-point-panthers","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaab","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116758205156555664","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}