Seth Trimble Provides Insight into Tar Heels' Loss

En route to scoring 97 points on one of the best defenses in the country, SMU went 36-of-60 from the field (60 percent), including 14-of-27 from three-point range (51.9 percent). Both were the highest marks North Carolina has allowed all season.

While speaking with the media during his postgame press conference, Seth Trimble provided his thoughts on the game, and what led to the Tar Heels falling short.

Trimble's Thoughts

• “I just think we had a hard time staying in front of the ball today,” Trimble said. “With a guy like Boopie [Miller], super quick guard, little guard, he’s not a guy that you’re [going to] stay in front of all game, and you know that.”

Miller totaled 27 points, 12 assists, and four rebounds while shooting 10-of-13 from the field, including 3-of-5 from beyond the arc.

Trimble thought the team did not react to the physicality well enough, which led to SMU imposing its will on the game.

• “With other guys, I really have no idea,” Trimble said. “It was just one of those games where we didn’t have that tenacity, we didn’t have that physicality, and we just let them get going, and they stayed hot.”

North Carolina's guard play has been underwhelming through stretches this season, specifically from Kyan Evans and Luka Bogavac. Trimble claimed that he could step into that role if that coaching staff asked that of him.

• “I know I haven’t in games a lot over the last couple of years, but I’ve been a point guard all my life, so that comfort level is definitely there if [Hubert Davis] asked for it, and I’m there to do it with a happy face,” Trimble said.

Despite totaling 22 points, five assists, and three rebounds while shooting 8-of-16 from the field, including 3-of-7 from beyond the arc, Trimble took accountability, right or wrong, for the Tar Heels' loss.

• “I could have been more aggressive in starting offense more around the three-point line,” Trimble said. “I let Edwards pressure, and I kind of just let him do it instead of exposing the pressure, maybe blowing by him, or anything like that. So just learn from it.”