No. 19 Kansas Falls to Host No. 25 North Carolina

Friday, November 7

Chapel Hill, N.C.

6:00 p.m. CT

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No. 19 Kansas Falls to Host No. 25 North Carolina

11/7/2025 8:24:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Freshman Caleb Wilson had 24 points, big man Henri Veesaar added 20 and No. 25 North Carolina dominated the second half to pull away from No. 19 Kansas 87-74 in Friday night's battle of college basketball blue bloods.

Senior Seth Trimble added 13 of his 17 after halftime, proving to be a catalyst for the Tar Heels (2-0) in taking control of the second-half tempo as UNC roared out of the break.

Kansas star freshman Darryn Peterson had 22 points to lead the Jayhawks (1-1), who led by 10 in the first half and 37-29 at the break. He became the first KU freshman to score 20 points in back-to-back games since Ochai Agbaji in 2019 and the first KU player since Agbaji in 2021 to score 20 or more points in the first two games of the season.

North Carolina made 18 of its first 23 second-half shots — including back-to-back push-the-tempo scores by Trimble that had Kansas coach Bill Self first waving his hands in frustration and then burning a quick timeout barely two minutes in.

Kyan Evans added 12 points after a scoreless first half for the Tar Heels, who went from shooting 33% before the break to making 24 of 36 shots (66.7%) after halftime to lead by as many as 16 on the way to scoring 58 second-half points.

The Jayhawks entered Friday having won five straight meetings between the two programs with a combined 10 NCAA titles, including in the 2008 Final Four, the 2012 NCAA Elite Eight and the 2022 national championship game. The Jayhawks won last year's meeting at Allen Fieldhouse despite blowing a 20-point lead and were playing their first ever game in Chapel Hill.

Freshman Bryson Tiller added 12 points for the Jayhawks, going 4-for-4 from 3-point range. He became the first KU freshman to hit four 3-pointers in a game since Gradey Dick in 2023. Tre White also finished in double figures with 10 points. Sophomore Flory Bidunga added eight points and seven rebounds.

Up next

Kansas: The Jayhawks return home to face Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday.

UNC: The Tar Heels continue a five-game homestand to open the season with Tuesday's visit from Radford.