Overview
- North Carolina beat Radford 89-74 to move to 3-0, pulling away late in the first half and never letting the margin drop below double digits.
- Luka Bogavac started in place of the injured Seth Trimble and posted 19 points with five assists in his first college start.
- Freshman Caleb Wilson logged his third straight double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds despite early foul trouble; Henri Veesaar added 18 points and Jarin Stevenson scored 15 after a brief injury scare.
- The Tar Heels struggled from the perimeter and the stripe, shooting 38.5% from the field, 8-for-31 from three, and 31-for-49 at the line with 18 misses.
- UNC rose to No. 18 in the AP poll and No. 20 in the coaches poll after the Kansas win, hosts NC Central on Friday, and the women’s team climbed to No. 8 in the coaches poll with UCLA up next in Las Vegas.