No. 12North Carolina Tar Heels

14thin Atlantic Coast · 10-1

YES!

North Carolina Tar Heels beat the East Tennessee State Buccaneers

8-4 58 – 77

Ranked #12 · 10-1

Final · Tue, Dec 16

Game Details

Dean E. Smith Center (Chapel Hill) · 16,548 fans · ACC Network

Highlights

Veesaar's career night leads No. 12 North Carolina over ETSU, 77-58

Henri Veesaar scored a career-high 26 points to power No. 12 North Carolina to a 77-58 victory over East Tennessee State on Tuesday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:16 Blake Barkley impresses with nice basket

0:15 Jaylen Smith drains 3-pointer vs. North Carolina Tar Heels

0:19 Henri Veesaar denies East Tennessee State Buccaneers with swat

0:12 Brian Taylor II elevates for jam vs. North Carolina Tar Heels

Clips play on ESPN

Dean E. Smith Center · Chapel Hill

Line Score

	1	2	T
ETSU	30	28	58
UNC	38	39	77

Game Flow

ETSU UNC

H1H2

6-0Biggest Run15-0

2Largest Lead27

4 lead changes · tied 6 times

Win Probability · North Carolina Tar Heels

tip-offnow: 100%

Game Leaders

East Tennessee State Buccaneers

Brian Taylor II · 14Points
Brian Taylor II · 3Assists
Jordan McCullum · 7Rebounds

North Carolina Tar Heels

Henri Veesaar · 26Points
Kyan Evans · 6Assists
Henri Veesaar · 8Rebounds

2025-26 Southern Conference Standings

Team	GB
East Tennessee State	-
Mercer	2
Wofford	2
Samford	2
Furman	3
Western Carolina	3
UNC Greensboro	4
Chattanooga	6
The Citadel	6
VMI	12

2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

Team	GB
Duke	-
Virginia	2
Miami	4
North Carolina	5
Clemson	5
Louisville	6
NC State	7
Florida State	7
California	8
Stanford	8
Virginia Tech	9
SMU	9
Wake Forest	10
Syracuse	11
Pittsburgh	12
Notre Dame	13
Boston College	13
Georgia Tech	15

Team Stats

East Tennessee State BuccaneersNorth Carolina Tar Heels

Shooting

20-52, 38% Field Goals 27-50, 54%

7-23, 30% 3-Pointers 8-25, 32%

11-16, 69% Free Throws 15-23, 65%

Possessions

23 Rebounds 35

6 Offensive Rebounds 7

11 Assists 18

4 Steals 3

2 Blocks 2

7 Turnovers 7

19 Fouls 15

Scoring

22 Points in Paint 36

0 Fast Break Points 4

2 Largest Lead 27

Box Score

East Tennessee State Buccaneers ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
B. BarkleyF	11	2	1	25	4-8	0-2	3-5	0	0	0	0	2	3
C. Morris IIIF	7	2	2	30	2-11	0-3	3-6	3	2	2	2	0	3
J. McCullumF	9	7	1	30	4-6	1-2	0-0	0	1	0	1	6	2
B. Taylor IIG	14	5	3	40	4-13	1-5	5-5	1	0	0	0	5	2
A. StrothersG	0	0	3	15	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bench
I. SutherlandF	3	0	0	10	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
J. SmithG	8	1	1	25	3-5	2-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	3
M. JohnsonG	6	3	0	23	2-5	2-5	0-0	0	0	0	1	2	2
M. Matthews IIIG	0	1	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0
H. SisemoreF	DNP: Did not play
B. CrumpF	DNP: Did not play
J. CarterG	DNP: Did not play
F. Whitaker Jr.G	DNP: Did not play
M. HuffG	DNP: Did not play
G. SiskG	DNP: Did not play
Team	58	23	11		20-52	7-23	11-16	7	4	2	6	17	19

North Carolina Tar Heels ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
C. WilsonF	20	8	2	28	6-12	1-2	7-10	1	1	0	3	5	2
J. StevensonF	6	2	4	24	3-5	0-2	0-0	2	0	1	0	2	3
H. VeesaarC	26	8	2	28	10-11	2-3	4-4	1	0	1	0	8	1
L. BogavacG	2	2	1	20	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	3
K. EvansG	6	3	6	30	2-5	2-5	0-0	0	2	0	0	3	0
Bench
J. HolbrookF	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Z. HighF	0	3	1	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	3	0
J. BrownF	2	3	0	7	1-1	0-0	0-5	0	0	0	2	1	4
I. MatlekovicC	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
E. SmithG	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1
I. DenisG	0	0	0	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D. DixonG	7	3	1	14	1-2	1-2	4-4	1	0	0	1	2	0
E. DavisG	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
J. PowellG	5	1	1	24	2-8	1-6	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0
J. YoungG	3	1	0	13	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1
S. TrimbleG	DNP: Did not play
Team	77	35	18		27-50	8-25	15-23	7	3	2	7	28	15

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