Wilson leads No. 18 North Carolina past NC Central 97-53

Freshman guardant Caleb Wilson scored 17 of his 21 points successful the archetypal fractional and added 13 rebounds for his 2nd consecutive double-double, starring No. 18 North Carolina past North Carolina Central 97-53

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Freshman guardant Caleb Wilson scored 17 of his 21 points successful the archetypal fractional and added 13 rebounds for his 2nd consecutive double-double, starring No. 18 North Carolina past North Carolina Central 97-53 connected Friday night.

Henri Veesaar contributed 12 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks, and Luka Bogavac scored 13 for the Tar Heels (4-0). Zayden High had 11 points disconnected the bench.

Wilson blocked 4 shots and was 7 of 8 from the floor, with each but 1 of those attempts coming earlier halftime. He played lone 4 minutes successful the 2nd fractional with the Tar Heels starring comfortably.

Ramondo Battle II scored 14 points for NC Central (1-4), which changeable lone 24.2%. Gage Lattimore added 12.

The Tar Heels made 11 3-pointers and changeable 54.5% overall.

NC Central missed 8 consecutive shots and went scoreless for 5:57 successful the archetypal fractional arsenic the Tar Heels pushed their vantage to treble digits for the archetypal clip acknowledgment to an 11-0 run.

UNC added a 10-0 spurt aboriginal successful the fractional and went into the interruption starring 39-24. NC Central did not marque a tract extremity implicit the last 3:41.

NC Central: Will big Toccoa Falls connected Tuesday.

UNC: Will big Navy connected Tuesday.

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