He also converted four of his five free-throw attempts while playing a team-high 39 minutes. Johnson broke the freshman school scoring record previously held by Kevin Durant, the perennial NBA All-Star who scored 20 points in his first game at Texas in 2006.

And it wasn’t just any game. Ohio State was on the Strip playing the No. 19 ranked Texas Longhorns, meaning there wasn’t a lot of time to ease into the season.