FAIRFAX, Va. — The George Mason University men's basketball team celebrated a big win Saturday inside EagleBank Arena over North Carolina A&T. The team reached 11 non-league victories for the second time ever in the last 40 years.
But it's what happened after the game that has a lot of people talking. Kam Johnson, a walk-on player, scored his first career 3-pointer yesterday. Postgame, Head Coach Tony Skinn had a special message for Johnson in the locker room in front of the entire team.
"This week I think it's safe to say my man Kam was giving ya'll that work," said Skinn.
In a video posted by the George Mason Men's Basketball team to X, Skinn went on to praise Johnson's recent accomplishments, announcing he was receiving a full scholarship.
After the announcement, the entire team starts cheering and lifts Johnson in the air in the locker room to celebrate another big win of the night.
Johnson is a junior from Charles City County, Virginia, according to the team's roster. This has been a successful season for the team now led by Skinn, who helped lead 11th-seeded George Mason to the Final Four during March Madness as a player in 2006, was hired earlier this year as head coach.
Skinn was most recently an assistant coach at Maryland. He also has worked at Ohio State, Seton Hall and Louisiana Tech.
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