15 DARIUS THOMPSON
FR Guard • 6-5 • 181 Murfreesboro, Tenn. • Blackman HS
SEASON/CAREER HIGHS
• Leads the team in steals (20, 1.1 spg) and is second in assists (46, 2.6 apg). • Owns a 2.56 assist/turnover ratio while averaging 16.6 minutes per game. • The Texas A&M game (1/11/14) snapped his streak of eight games with multiple assists. • Started vs. Tusculum College (1/4/14) and handed out a season-high nine assists in 23 minutes. • Went 9-for-9 at the foul line en route to a season-high 16 points in the win over Wake Forest (11/30/13). • Five steals highlighted his six-point, four-rebound, seven-assist effort vs. Tennessee State (11/22/13). • Started the season-opener at Xavier (11/12/13) and totaled two steals and a block in 10 minutes. • Landed on CBSsports.com’s list of the nation’s “Top 20 Under-the-Radar Freshmen.” • Led Blackman High School to a 30-1 record this past spring as well as a berth in the Class AAA state tournament quarterfinals. • Was a 2013 Tennessee Class AAA Mr. Basketball finalist, along with fellow UT freshman Robert Hubbs III. • His father, Lonnie Thompson, played basketball at Middle Tennessee and is now in his 10th season as the head basketball coach at NAIA Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tenn. • Plans to major in Accounting.
2013-14 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Points Season 16 vs. Wake Forest (11/30/13) Career Same Rebounds Season 5 twice, last vs. Arkansas (1/22/14) Career Same Assists Season 9 vs. Tusculum (1/4/14) Career Same Blocks Season 1 seven times, last vs. Tusculum (1/4/14) Career Same Steals Season 5 vs. Tennessee State (11/22/13) Career Same Minutes Season 24 three times, last vs. NC State (12/18/13) Career Same Field Goals Made Season 3 vs. Wake Forest (11/30/13) Career Same Field Goals Attempted Season 5 twice, last vs. NC State (12/18/13) Career Same 3-Pt. Field Goals Made Season 1 four times, last at Kentucky (1/18/14) Career Same 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted Season 4 at Wichita State (12/14/13) Career Same Free Throws Made Season 9 vs. Wake Forest (11/30/13) Career Same Free Throws Attempted Season 9 vs. Wake Forest (11/30/13) Career Same
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OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Fla. Southern (ex) 11/02/13 g 20 4-6 .666 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 1 9 So. Indiana (ex) 11/07/13 g 22 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 3 1 2 0 1 2 at Xavier 11/12/13 g 10 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 USC Upstate 11/16/13 9 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 The Citadel 11/18/13 22 2-3 .666 0-0 .000 2-3 .666 0 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 6 Tennessee State 11/22/13 24 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 1 7 1 1 5 6 vs. UTEP 11/28/13 15 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 1 3 vs. Xavier 11/29/13 18 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 vs. Wake Forest 11/30/13 23 3-4 .750 1-2 .500 9-9 1.000 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 16 Tennessee Tech 12/07/13 24 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 2 2 at Wichita State 12/14/13 22 1-4 .250 1-4 .250 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 1 5 NC State 12/18/13 24 1-5 .200 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 Morehead State 12/23/13 18 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 3 4 5 3 3 0 0 1 Virginia 12/30/13 13 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 Tusculum 1/04/14 g 23 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 0 9 0 1 1 2 at LSU 1/07/14 13 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 5 5 1 2 2 0 1 0 Texas A&M 1/11/14 6 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 Auburn 1/15/14 11 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 2 at Kentucky 1/18/14 13 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 5 Arkansas 1/22/14 13 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 2 3 5 0 2 1 0 1 1 at Florida 1/25/14 Ole Miss 1/29/14 at Alabama 2/01/14 at Vanderbilt 2/05/14 South Carolina 2/08/14 Florida 2/11/14 at Missouri 2/15/14 Georgia 2/18/14 at Texas A&M 2/22/14 at Mississippi St. 2/26/14 Vanderbilt 3/01/14 at Auburn 3/05/14 Missouri 3/08/14
PRODUCTION TRACKER 2013-14 Had a Double-Double Scored 5+ Points 3 Scored 10+ Points 1 Led the Vols in Scoring Had 3+ Assists 6 Had 5+ Assists 2 Led the Vols in Assists 5 Had 5+ Rebounds 2 Had 3+ Steals 1 Led the Vols in Steals 5 Made Multiple 3-Pointers -
CAREER STATS
GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2013-14 18-2 299 16.6 16-39 .410 4-20 .200 17-24 .708 7-32-39 2.2 30-2 46 18 7 20 53 2.9
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