In her only basketball season for Virginia Union University, Kiana Johnson scored a jaw-dropping 905 points.

If she somehow could have added points 906 or perhaps 907, the Panthers might still be playing.

As it is, the curtain has fallen on the greatest single-season individual performance in the annals of VUU women’s hoops.

When two of Johnson’s shots failed in the final eight seconds of Tuesday’s tournament game, the Lady Panthers lost in a heart-stopping 53-52 to Bentley University in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight in Sioux Falls, S.D.

The Massachusetts team, with its 29-5 record, advanced to play undefeated Lubbock Christian University of Texas in the national semifinals on Wednesday. The Division II final is April 4 in Indianapolis.

VUU headed home with a 28-3 record and first-place trophies from the CIAA and NCAA Atlantic Region tournaments.

In her final game wearing VUU’s No. 3 jersey, Johnson had 26 points and seven assists. Of VUU’s 18 field goals, Johnson either scored or assisted on 15.

Only four Lady Panthers found the scoring column against a Bentley outfit that won the 2014 NCAA title and has been to four Elite Eights in the last six years.  

Johnson, the 5-foot-6 Chicago native known as the “Windy City Wonder,” added five steals and four rebounds while playing a full 40 minutes for first-year VUU Coach AnnMarie Gilbert.

On the season, Johnson averaged 29 points and nine assists, enabling VUU to improve its record from 9-19 in 2015 to 28-3 this season.

Johnson’s final game will be recalled as an all-time thriller. VUU had the ball and was down by 1 point, with 29 seconds left in the game, following Bentley’s 21st turnover of the game.

Johnson, controlling the ball as usual, drove into the lane and had her shot blocked with 8 seconds left.

Snagging the rebound, the right-hander dribbled right to left and let go an off-balance 8-footer under heavy duress. The final shot of her career danced on the rim and tumbled off as the clock read all zeroes.

“Bentley played good defense. The ball just didn’t go in for us sometimes,” Johnson said during a postgame news conference.

While Johnson was cool, the Bentley coach acknowledged she had been sweating during the game’s final moments.

“We knew we couldn’t stop Kiana Johnson,” said Bentley Coach Barbara Stevens after her 800th career victory. “We just hoped to contain her and limit her good looks.

“But when she had the ball in her hands at the end, I’ll admit I was a little nervous,” she said.

Following the first quarter in which Bentley made 10 of 14 shots, VUU dialed up the heat defensively.

For the final three periods, the New Englanders were a combined 8-for-32, rarely getting a clear look.

To Bentley’s credit, it devised a game plan designed to force Johnson to work hard for her shots, especially in the half-court set.

Johnson and the Lady Panthers were most effective on causing the Falcons’ turnovers, which became abundant in the game’s feverish late going.

“We did a great job turning them over,” Coach Gilbert said. “We just didn’t capitalize enough on the turnovers. If the game had gone a few more minutes, or we got a few lucky bounces, it might have been different.”

Johnson’s percentages — 8-for-26 from the floor, 1-for-5 behind the arc — were well behind her norms.

Johnson is likely to graduate to the WNBA or play professionally overseas.

Also departing will be 6-foot-2 Taylor White, one half of VUU’s “Towering Twosome,” along with 6-foot-2 junior Lady Walker, another pro prospect.

Back next season will be All-CIAA and third-team All-America Walker, who had 11 points and 10 rebounds in the final game. On season, she averaged 18 points and 13 rebounds and was CIAA Defensive Player of the Year.

With Johnson gone, Walker could succeed Johnson as overall CIAA Player of the Year in 2017.

No doubt, Coach Gilbert and her staff will hit the recruiting trail hard, re-stocking the roster and planning for an encore.

But how do you replace the “Windy City Wonder?”

Kiana Johnson wasn’t just a star.

She was queen of the stars.