ROCK HILL, SC-- Winthrop junior Keon Johnson has been named the Big South Conference Men's Basketball Co-Player of the Week along with Coastal Carolina's Shivaughn Wiggins.

Johnson averaged 21.0 points, 3.0 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals in leading Winthrop to consecutive wins. He scored 32 points, including a 15-foot buzzer-beater as time expired, to cap the Eagles' 86-84 comeback victory Saturday at Radford.  Johnson scored 16 in each half, and six times during the game he scored to give Winthrop the lead. He opened the week in similar fashion, as he hit a key second-half three-pointer and made free throws down the stretch in Winthrop's 88-80 home win over Longwood. For the week, Johnson was 14-of-14 from the free throw line, including 10-of-10 against the Highlanders.

During the Radford game, Johnson surpassed Tyrone Walker and Michael Jenkins on the all-time scoring list and is now 11th with 1,262 points. Johnson also moved into fourth place all-time at Winthrop for free throws made with 319. This is the third Big South Conference weekly honor of the 2015-16 season for Johnson.