Johnny Juzang


Jonathan Juzang is an American college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins of the Pac-12 Conference. He previously played for the Kentucky Wildcats.

High school career

Juzang played high school basketball for Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. In his freshman season, he averaged 16.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, and two assists per game and was teammates with Cassius Stanley. Juzang won the CIF Southern Section Division 1A championship after recording 21 points, 11 rebounds and four assists in the final. As a sophomore, he averaged 22.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, leading his team to a 22–6 record. In his junior season, Juzang averaged 23 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game and was named Mission League MVP.

Recruiting

After the season, he reclassified from the 2020 class to the 2019 class, allowing him to play collegiately in the following season. On May 10, 2019, Juzang committed to play college basketball for Kentucky over Virginia. He was a four-star recruit and one of the top small forwards in his class.

College career

Juzang received limited playing time for much of his freshman season at Kentucky. On February 8, 2020, he scored a season-high 13 points with three three-pointers in a 77–64 win over Tennessee. As a freshman, Juzang averaged 2.9 points, shooting 37.7 percent from the field, in 12.4 minutes per game. After the season, he announced that he was transferring from Kentucky. Juzang decided to transfer to UCLA where he pursued a waiver for immediate eligibility. He was granted the waiver on May 27.

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Personal life

Juzang's older brother, Christian, played college basketball as a point guard for Harvard. His father, Maxie, is Creole, and his mother, Hanh, is Vietnamese. He has a younger sister, Lauren.