ALVA, Okla. – A change in approach has already begun working for Northwestern Oklahoma State University cowboy Zane Thompson.

“I’ve done a lot of thinking about it and questioning why I haven’t made the college finals yet, and at the end of the day, I realized that I just needed to be more aggressive,” said Thompson, a senior from Cheyenne, Wyoming. “Not very often do we practice just to catch; we are aggressive in practice.

“This year I just decided I’m going to go at them. I’m not going to be silly about it, but if my shot’s there, I’m not going to second-guess myself.”

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