On a North Texas roster loaded with talented guards, Tristan Thompson usually gets overlooked. That's bound to happen when he has teammates like Josh White and Collin Dennis, both of whom earned preseason All-Sun Belt honors.

UL learned just how lethal Thompson can be in a 78-64 loss to the Mean Green on Thursday night at the Cajundome.

The sophomore guard enjoyed a career-high scoring night for the third time in four games, finishing with 27 points in the Sun Belt Conference contest. He was on fire all game, draining 11 of 15 shots, including five of six from 3-point range.

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Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • December 19, 2008