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18th Ranked North Carolina Is Hosting Radford Tuesday Night In Chapel Hill

18th ranked North Carolina is hosting Radford Tuesday night in Chapel Hill.

Where?

On the hardwood!

North Carolina is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference comes into the game with record of 2-0 because though, then 25th ranked North Carolina was trailing 19th ranked Kansas 37-29 at halftime Friday night in Chapel Hill North Carolina came back to win 87-74.

As 25th North Carolina came back to win 87-74 Caleb Wilson who is a freshman a forward was 9-12 on field goals to go along with 7 rebounds , 4 assists, 4 steals. Henri Vessar who like Caleb Wilson is a forward was 8-12 on field goals to go along with 4 rebounds, 4 assists , 1 block. Kyan Evans who is a guard a junior was 5-11 on field goals to go along with 12 points, 2 rebounds , 4 assists.

Following 25th ranked North Carolina trailing 19th ranked Kansas 37-29 at halftime following coming back to win 87-74 Seth Trimble who is a guard had this to say about the players on the team!

“The great thing about this team is every single guy has a motor,”Every single guy is willing to sell out, and every single guy is willing to make that winning play. And I think we saw that tonight. That’s the biggest difference.”

According to Shelby Swanson’s News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article312755563.html

Like North Carolina,

Radford comes into the game with record of 2-0 because Radford is coming off a 99-61 win at West Virginia Wesleyan Jaylon Johnson led the scoring efforts with 16 points off four made three pointers followed closely behind by Dennis Parker Jr. with 15 points.

  • Del Jones flirted with his first career double-double, scoring eight points while dishing out eight assists.

  • Every Highlander who entered the game, totaling 12, scored points in the contest including the first makes of the season from Warren Keel Jr. and Bradley Land.

  • Radford outscored West Virginia Wesleyan 23-9 in second chance opportunities, pulling down 21 offensive rebounds.

  • The freshman Frederik Erichsen also scored a career high 13 points with five rebounds, three assists and two steals.

    According to https://radfordathletics.com/news/2025/11/7/mens-basketball-highlanders-cruise-over-west-virginia-wesleyan.aspx

    Tip off is set for 7:00pm from Dean E. Smith Center!

    The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Wes Durham, Dennis Scott commentating!

    Wes Durham is a play-by-play commentator for ESPN and ACC Network, ESPN’s network devoted to Atlantic Coast Conference sports. Durham, a highly respected and accomplished broadcaster who has been around college sports and the ACC his entire life, calls college football and basketball games on ESPN platforms in addition to contributing to ACCN studio shows.

    One of the original hires when ACC Network launched in 2019, Durham previously co-hosted the Packer and Durham morning show alongside Mark Packer – a program they started in 2018 as ACC This Morning on SiriusXM ACC Radio. After three years on ACCN, Durham shifted to a play-by-play-centric role for the network.

    In 2023, Durham was named the play-by-play voice for ACC Primetime Football, where he calls weekly high-profile ACC games with Tom Luginbill and Dana Boyle. During the men’s college basketball season, Durham is also one of the network’s lead game-callers.

    Durham’s name has been synonymous with the ACC for years. He was the radio voice for Georgia Tech from 1995-2013 before joining Fox Sports South/Raycom Sports to handle play-by-play duties for ACC football, basketball and baseball games. Durham’s family also has a special history in the conference. His father, Woody, was the legendary “Voice of the Tar Heels” for 40 years.

    Since 2020, Durham has contributed to ESPN’s coverage of the PGA Championship as a play-by-play commentator on Featured Group streams on ESPN+

    In addition to working in the ACC, Durham had stints early in his career as the radio announcer of athletic teams at Marshall, Radford and Vanderbilt.

    Beyond his ESPN roles, Durham has been the radio play-by-play voice for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons since 2004.

    A native of Cary, N.C., Durham graduated from Elon University with a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications.

    Durham learned about broadcasting while working at Elon’s WSOE student radio, where he called 150 football and basketball games in four years as an undergraduate.

    Durham was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2015, while Elon’s School of Communications honored him as its Distinguished Alumnus in April 2013. An 11-time winner of the Georgia Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association (NSMA), Durham is a longtime member of the NSMA board and in 2022 he became president of the board.