Louisville Cardinals vs. North Carolina Tar Heels

FINAL

Feb 23, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
LOU	38	36	74
UNC	39	38	77

Game Recap

Seth Trimble scores a career-high 30 points as No. 18 UNC holds off No. 24 Louisville 77-74. Seth Trimble scored a career-high 30 points and hit two key free throws with 12.3 seconds left to help No. 18 North Carolina hold off No. 24 Louisville 77-74 on Monday night.

Player Stats

LOUISVILLE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
13Sananda Fru	16	1-1	0-0	1-2	5	2	2	3	0	4	3
3Ryan Conwell	29	7-19	4-11	5-5	2	1	2	0	1	3	23
0Mikel Brown Jr.	33	9-25	6-14	0-0	3	2	0	0	1	3	24
10Isaac McKneely	24	0-5	0-5	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0
1J'Vonne Hadley	31	6-8	2-3	0-0	6	1	0	1	1	1	14
53Vangelis Zougris	12	1-2	0-0	0-0	6	0	1	0	2	1	2
9Khani Rooths	21	1-1	1-1	1-2	6	0	1	0	0	2	4
7Kasean Pryor	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Aly Khalifa	11	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0
14Adrian Wooley	12	1-2	1-2	1-2	5	0	1	0	1	1	4
11Kobe Rodgers	9	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0
TOTAL	-	26-6738.8%	14-3935.9%	8-1172.7%	37	9	9	4	9	20	74

NORTH CAROLINA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
15Jarin Stevenson	33	3-6	2-4	1-4	7	1	2	2	1	2	9
13Henri Veesaar	30	6-12	0-2	0-1	2	0	1	0	0	2	12
44Luka Bogavac	29	5-10	2-5	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	2	12
3Derek Dixon	24	2-4	2-4	1-2	1	1	0	0	2	1	7
7Seth Trimble	37	11-16	1-3	7-11	4	4	1	0	3	3	30
1Zayden High	16	2-5	0-2	0-1	6	3	1	1	2	1	4
11Jonathan Powell	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
0Kyan Evans	16	1-2	1-1	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	0	3
4Jaydon Young	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0


TOTAL	-	30-5653.6%	8-2236.4%	9-1947.4%	25	13	5	3	9	12	77

Play-by-Play

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1st halfLOUUNC

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Louisville.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by North Carolina.
(19:46) Ryan Conwell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(19:44) Derek Dixon Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:24) Seth Trimble makes layup (Derek Dixon assists).
02
+2 (19:08) Sananda Fru makes layup (Mikel Brown Jr. assists).
22
+2 (18:55) Henri Veesaar makes layup (Seth Trimble assists).
24
+2 (18:39) Mikel Brown Jr. makes driving layup.
44
(18:29) Foul on Sananda Fru.
(18:25) Derek Dixon bad pass turnover.
(18:25) Isaac McKneely Steal.
+3 (18:20) J'Vonne Hadley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Isaac McKneely assists).
74
+3 (17:50) Luka Bogavac makes 25-foot three point jumper (Seth Trimble assists).
77
(17:20) Mikel Brown Jr. misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(17:16) Luka Bogavac Defensive Rebound.
(17:13) Luka Bogavac misses driving layup.
(17:13) Sananda Fru Block.
(17:09) Mikel Brown Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(17:07) Ryan Conwell misses layup.
(17:04) J'Vonne Hadley Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:03) J'Vonne Hadley makes layup.
97
(16:51) Henri Veesaar misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:48) Isaac McKneely Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:33) J'Vonne Hadley makes layup (Sananda Fru assists).
117
+2 (16:11) Seth Trimble makes 12-foot pullup jump shot.
119
(15:51) Isaac McKneely misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:48) Jarin Stevenson Defensive Rebound.
(15:45) Luka Bogavac misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:42) Seth Trimble Offensive Rebound.
+2 (15:30) Jarin Stevenson makes 7-foot hook shot.
1111
+3 (15:17) Ryan Conwell makes 25-foot three point jumper.
1411
(15:01) Henri Veesaar misses alley oop dunk.
(14:59) Louisville Deadball Team Rebound.
(14:59) Foul on Jarin Stevenson.
(14:46) Ryan Conwell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:42) Khani Rooths Offensive Rebound.
(14:34) Aly Khalifa misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:29) Louisville Offensive Rebound.
+3 (14:25) Mikel Brown Jr. makes 25-foot three pointer.
1711
(14:02) Jonathan Powell bad pass turnover.
(14:02) Khani Rooths Steal.
+3 (13:56) Adrian Wooley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ryan Conwell assists).
2011
+2 (13:39) Seth Trimble makes driving layup.
2013
+3 (13:28) Mikel Brown Jr. makes 25-foot three pointer.
2313
(13:05) Zayden High misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:01) Mikel Brown Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(12:52) Mikel Brown Jr. misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(12:49) Zayden High Defensive Rebound.
(12:46) Foul on Khani Rooths.
(12:38) Zayden High bad pass turnover.
(12:38) Adrian Wooley Steal.
(12:29) Mikel Brown Jr. misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(12:26) Adrian Wooley Offensive Rebound.
(12:09) Aly Khalifa bad pass turnover.
+3 (11:44) Seth Trimble makes 25-foot three pointer.
2316
(11:08) team shot clock turnover .
+2 (10:53) Zayden High makes driving layup.
2318
(10:53) Foul on Isaac McKneely.
(10:53) Zayden High misses free throw 1 of 1.
(10:52) Sananda Fru Defensive Rebound.
(10:21) J'Vonne Hadley misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:20) North Carolina Deadball Team Rebound.
(10:20) Foul on Sananda Fru.
+3 (10:07) Kyan Evans makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zayden High assists).
2321
+2 (9:51) Ryan Conwell makes driving layup.
2521
(9:39) Foul on Kobe Rodgers.
+2 (9:38) Henri Veesaar makes 22-foot jumper (Kyan Evans assists).
2523
+2 (9:19) Mikel Brown Jr. makes driving layup.
2723
+2 (9:04) Henri Veesaar makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Zayden High assists).
2725
(8:43) Aly Khalifa misses 4-foot jumper.
(8:40) J'Vonne Hadley Offensive Rebound.
(8:33) Aly Khalifa misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:30) Louisville Offensive Rebound.
(8:24) Aly Khalifa bad pass turnover.
(8:06) Zayden High misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:02) Ryan Conwell Defensive Rebound.
(7:53) Mikel Brown Jr. misses 18-foot jumper.
(7:50) Zayden High Defensive Rebound.
(7:23) Seth Trimble misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(7:20) Khani Rooths Defensive Rebound.
(7:00) Vangelis Zougris misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot.
(6:56) Jarin Stevenson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:51) Seth Trimble makes layup.
2727
(6:42) Mikel Brown Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(6:40) Jarin Stevenson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:31) Henri Veesaar makes layup (Kyan Evans assists).
2729
+2 (6:18) Vangelis Zougris makes 12-foot jumper.
2929
(5:53) Seth Trimble misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(5:51) Jarin Stevenson Offensive Rebound.
(5:51) Foul on Mikel Brown Jr..
+1 (5:51) Jarin Stevenson makes free throw 1 of 2.
2930
(5:51) Jarin Stevenson misses free throw 2 of 2.
(5:50) Adrian Wooley Defensive Rebound.
(5:31) Mikel Brown Jr. misses driving layup.
(5:28) Kyan Evans Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:26) Seth Trimble makes driving layup.
2932
(5:26) Foul on Adrian Wooley.
+1 (5:26) Seth Trimble makes free throw 1 of 1.
2933
(5:06) J'Vonne Hadley bad pass turnover.
(5:06) Zayden High Steal.
(4:40) Jarin Stevenson misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(4:35) Louisville Defensive Rebound.
(4:21) Mikel Brown Jr. bad pass turnover.
(4:21) Jarin Stevenson Steal.
(4:13) Kyan Evans misses driving layup.
(4:09) Aly Khalifa Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:04) Khani Rooths makes 25-foot three point jumper (J'Vonne Hadley assists).
3233
(3:37) Seth Trimble misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
(3:34) J'Vonne Hadley Defensive Rebound.
+3 (3:18) Mikel Brown Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Aly Khalifa assists).
3533
+2 (2:59) Luka Bogavac makes 15-foot pullup jump shot.
3535
+3 (2:39) J'Vonne Hadley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Isaac McKneely assists).
3835
(2:20) Foul on Aly Khalifa.
(2:20) Seth Trimble misses free throw 1 of 2.
(2:20) North Carolina Deadball Team Rebound.
(2:20) Seth Trimble misses free throw 2 of 2.
(2:19) J'Vonne Hadley Defensive Rebound.
(2:09) Foul on Luka Bogavac.
(1:51) Mikel Brown Jr. misses 9-foot jumper.
(1:51) Jarin Stevenson Block.
(1:48) Seth Trimble Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:33) Luka Bogavac makes driving layup.
3837
(1:15) Mikel Brown Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:12) Sananda Fru Offensive Rebound.
(1:09) Isaac McKneely misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(1:05) North Carolina Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:48) Seth Trimble makes driving layup.
3839
(0:31) Ryan Conwell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:29) North Carolina Defensive Rebound.
(0:13) Seth Trimble bad pass turnover.
(0:13) Ryan Conwell Steal.
(0:07) Foul on Seth Trimble.
(0:06) Foul on Jonathan Powell.
(0:02) Ryan Conwell misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Zayden High Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

LOU

UNC

74Points77

26-67(38.8%)Field Goal(%)30-56(53.6%)

14-39(35.9%)3-Point(%)8-22(36.4%)

8-11(72.7%)Free Throw(%)9-19(47.4%)

41(16)Rebounds(Offensive)32(7)

9Assists13

9Steals5

4Blocks3

10Turnovers9

20(0)Fouls(Technical)12(0)

10Largest Lead16

Game Details

Monday, February 23, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Dean E. Smith Center · Chapel Hill, NC

attendance: 20,577 (94.6%)

tv: ESPN

spread: LOU -3.5

over/under: 162.5