University of North Texas Athletics
Thompson Grabs Third Career SBC Weekly Honor
1/24/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Thompson, the Sun Belt's leading scorer at 18 points per game, upped his average this week with a career performance on the road at ULM and a solid outing against Arkansas State, both NT wins. The All-Sun Belt performer tallied a career-best 30 points (the third-best performance in an SBC game this year) on 10-of-12 shooting against the Warhawks, connecting on 5-of-6 three-point shots.
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The senior from Angleton, Texas followed that game with a 16 point outing against the Red Wolves, in which he connected on 11-of-12 free throws. For the week, Thompson averaged 23.0 points on 66.7 percent shooting and 6-of-8 (75.0 percent) from deep.
This is Thompson's second SBC Player of the Week honor of the year as the senior also picked up the award back on December 7, 2010. For his career, Thompson has picked up three Player of the Week awards. This is the third Player of the Week award for the Mean Green this season.
The Mean Green (16-4, 5-2 SBC) knocked off ULM 79-62, and Arkansas State 83-64, holding both teams to a combined 39 percent shooting. The two wins by NT moved the Mean Green to No. 2 overall in the West Division, setting up a showdown with Denver on Saturday for the top spot in the SBC West Division. The Mean Green holds a 14-8 advantage in the all-time series, but DU is 6-4 against NT in Denver.
