Aaron Thompson in a game earlier this season. Through the team’s first eight games, Thompson is averaging a team-high 3.9 assists per game. Collegian file photo.
GRAEME WRIGHT | STAFF REPORTER | grwrigh1@butler.edu
Freshman guard Aaron Thompson repeatedly exclaimed the same words, gazing into the eyes of his high school teammates with a steely-eyed focus and look of determination.
“We’re gonna win this game. We’re gonna win this game.”
All of the teammates were wearing the black and gold road jerseys of Paul VI Catholic High School. Before he was a freshman guard for Butler basketball, “AT” was a senior at Paul VI, a nationally-ranked high school team in Virginia.