East Tennessee State 58, at North Carolina 77

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (Interstat) — Henri Veesaar scored 26 points and Caleb Wilson added 20 as North Carolina methodically pulled away from East Tennessee State for a 77-58 victory in a nonconference men’s basketball game Tuesday night at a sold-out Dean Smith Center. A crowd of 16,548 watched the Tar Heels improve to 10-1, using a decisive 19-point halftime advantage as a foundation for a second half that never saw their lead dip below 13 points. The Buccaneers, who got 14 points from Brian Taylor and 11 from Blake Barkley, fell to 8-4. The game’s most important sequence came early… Read more...