RALEIGH — NC State rolled previous a short-handed North Carolina staff within the first half of their lone regular-season assembly Tuesday evening at Lenovo Center.
NC State led 42-26 towards No. 16 UNC, which was enjoying its second consecutive recreation with out injured stars Caleb Wilson (left hand) and Henri Veesaar (decrease extremity). Wilson and Veesaar are the staff’s prime scorers and rebounders.
Guard Quadir Copeland led NC State with 13 factors and three assists within the first half. Freshman Matt Able added 9 factors on 3-of-3 capturing from 3-point vary.
UNC, which defeated Pittsburgh with out Wilson and Veesaar on Saturday, made 1-of-15 3-point makes an attempt within the first half.
Zayden High had 10 factors for the Tar Heels.
The Wolfpack shot higher than 50% from the ground within the first half, whereas UNC shot beneath 30%.
In 72 earlier seasons within the ACC, North Carolina had solely performed one recreation with out its prime two scorers — a 1978 loss at NC State. Now the Tar Heels have performed two straight with out Wilson (19.8 factors per recreation) and Veesaar (16.4 factors per recreation).
UNC topped Pittsburgh with out the pair, powered by robust video games from a number of function gamers. But no Tar Heel apart from High made a couple of discipline aim within the first half.