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Veesaar's Career Night Leads No. 12 North Carolina over ETSU, 77-58
Veesaar’s near-perfect 91% shooting and 26 points led UNC’s dominant 77-58 win, with Caleb Wilson contributing 20 points and the team shooting 54% overall.
- At the Smith Center on Tuesday, Henri Veesaar, a redshirt junior from Estonia, scored a career-high 26 points on 10-of-11 shooting to lead No. 12 North Carolina Tar Heels to a 77-58 win over East Tennessee State Buccaneers.
- After a late first-half surge, North Carolina Tar Heels used a 19-9 first-half run with back-to-back dunks and Caleb Wilson's 20 points to seize an eight-point halftime lead.
- The Tar Heels' second-half blitz outscored East Tennessee State Buccaneers 28-9, including a 15-0 run, while limiting them to 38% shooting and holding a 34-23 rebounding advantage.
- The win moved North Carolina Tar Heels to 10-1 while East Tennessee State Buccaneers fell to 8-4; UNC now faces Ohio State in Atlanta, and ETSU hosts Jacksonville State on Saturday.
- Veesaar's season-long efficiency shows in leading UNC with field-goal percentage 64.5% and shooting north of 60 percent in eight games while Caleb Wilson helped the team shoot 54% with 36 paint points.
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No. 12 UNC uses 2nd-half surge to pull away from East Tennessee State
Henri Veesaar scored a career-high 26 points as No. 12 North Carolina pulled away from East Tennessee State in the second half for a 77-58 victory Tuesday in Chapel Hill, N.C.
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2nd-Half Eruption Leads UNC Men's Basketball Past East Tennessee State
UNC outscored East Tennessee State 28-9 in the first 12:36 of the second half to break open a close game and cruised from there to a 77-58 win. HEELS WIN.#CarolinaFamily | @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/P84NtzNT93 — Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) December 17, 2025 The 28-9 run stretched to 33-9 when accounting for UNC scoring five straight points to end the first half and lead 38-30 at halftime. Prior to that, the Tar Heels hadn’t led the B…
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