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UNC Basketball Updates Status of Starting Guard Seth Trimble

Originally posted on North Carolina Tar Heels on SI
By Matt Giles | Last updated Jan 7, 2025 8:35 PM ET

UNC basketball won two of three outings without the services of junior guard Seth Trimble. Now, it appears that the 6-foot-3, 195-pound bouncy starter from Wisconsin has recovered from his upper body injury and will be available when the unranked Tar Heels (9-6, 2-1 ACC) host the unranked SMU Mustangs (11-3, 2-1 ACC) in the Dean E. Smith Center at 9 p.m. ET Tuesday (ACC Network).

The official UNC basketball stats & info account confirmed Trimble's availability via the following post roughly an hour before tipoff:

Seth Trimble, who missed the last three games with an upper body injury, is warming up and is expected to play tonight vs. SMU. pic.twitter.com/pvF7Whybvl
— Carolina Basketball Stats & Info (@UNCMBBStats) January 8, 2025

Through his 12 appearances this season, the 20-year-old Seth Trimble has drawn a starting nod each time out, averaging a career-high 14.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.8 steals in 31.7 minutes per game. He's shooting 47.9 percent from the field, 38.5 percent beyond the arc, and 84.2 percent at the foul line.

In his most recent contest, a 76-74 win over the UCLA Bruins in Madison Square Garden on Dec. 21, Trimble tallied 12 points, four boards, two dimes, two steals, and two blocks across his 31 minutes of action.

After squaring off against the Mustangs, who are fresh off their 89-62 home defeat at the hands of the No. 4-ranked Duke Blue Devils on Saturday afternoon, fourth-year head coach Hubert Davis and his Tar Heels will gear up for their short trip to Raleigh to face the rival NC State Wolfpack (8-6, 1-2 ACC) at 4 p.m. ET Saturday (ACC Network).

This article first appeared on North Carolina Tar Heels on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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