Tar Heels Handle Hoyas, Women's Basketball Blisters Boston U, More football players transferring

Plus: Ullmark and Thomas named Soccer All-Americans, Track & Field records shattered, Volleyball goes down swinging

Henri Veesaar, Caleb Wilson lead UNC past Georgetown | Photo: Jeffrey A. Camarati, UNC Athletics

UNC Basketball cruised to a 20-point win over Georgetown, Women’s Basketball split a pair of games, Tar Heel Football’s transfer list keeps growing, Olivia Thomas and Linda Ullmark are Women’s Soccer All-Americans, Volleyball bows out of the NCAA Tournament, and more. On to the updates…

🏀 Basketball

After clinging to a slim 5-point lead at halftime, UNC put the defensive clamps on Georgetown, holding them to just 22% second-half shooting en route to a comfortable 81-61 win on throwback night at the Smith Center.

The Tar Heels’ frontcourt duo of Henri Veesaar (18 points, 15 rebounds) and Caleb Wilson (20 points, 14 rebounds) led the way once again. And freshman guard Derek Dixon continued to show that he’s the future of UNC’s backcourt.

Derek Dixon vs. Georgetown | Photo: Ainsley E. Fauth, UNC Athletics

Here’s more from the postgame notes:

• It was the fourth time this season and the second game in a row Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar both had double-doubles.

• It was the first time two Tar Heels scored 18 or more points and had 14 or more rebounds since Sean May and Marvin Williams against Iowa State in 2005 NCAA Tournament

• This was only the second time since 1972 two Tar Heels had 14 or more rebounds in the same game.

• Freshman Derek Dixon scored a season-high 14 points, his first game in double figures.

Here are the complete UNC Basketball season stats through the first nine games. The Tar Heels next host USC Upstate on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 2:00.

🏈 Football

With North Carolina’s football season over, the following players declared their intentions this week to enter the transfer portal when it officially opens on Jan. 2:

• DB Khalil Conley

• RB Davion Gause

• WR Javarius Green

• LB Khmori House

• QB Max Johnson

• OL Miles McVay

• OL Jani Norwood

• DB Ty White

UNC LB Khmori House enters transfer portal | Photo: 247Sports

Several of these names seem like big losses, but with so much offseason player movement in the current environment, it’s becoming more and more difficult to get upset about these departures, especially now that the default assumption is that most high-level players are only being rented for one or two seasons. Have we seen the end of the 4-year college athlete?