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Virginia transfer Thompson enjoying offensive freedom at WKU

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Western Kentucky graduate student guard Darius Thompson makes a play Aug. 4 during a scrimmage at E.A. Diddle Arena. Thompson said Wednesday he's enjoying the offensive freedom he has at WKU after transferring from Virginia.

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The Western Kentucky guard comes from a Virginia program that ranked No. 351 – that’s dead last – across Division I last year in adjusted tempo, per stats guru Ken Pomeroy’s numbers.

So when the Hilltoppers won a frenzied first game of their Costa Rica trip 104-98 on Tuesday night, Thompson remarked to roommate Jordan Brangers that he’d never been part of anything like it.