Overview
- Freshman Caleb Wilson scored 24 points, Henri Veesaar added 20, and Seth Trimble posted 17 with 13 after halftime, while Kyan Evans contributed 12 following a scoreless first half.
- North Carolina shot 24 of 36 after the break and outscored Kansas 58–37, building a lead as large as 16 with just one second-half turnover and a 39–27 rebounding edge.
- Kansas led by 10 late in the first half and 37–29 at halftime, with freshman Darryn Peterson finishing at 22 points on 8-for-14 shooting.
- The win ended the Jayhawks’ five-game series streak and marked UNC’s first victory over Kansas in 23 years during the program’s first visit to the Dean E. Smith Center; the all-time series stands 7–7.
- UNC improved to 2–0 and Kansas fell to 1–1, with Peterson’s recent cramping issue noted by Bill Self as a monitored concern in earlier outings.