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Caleb Wilson on pace to shatter UNC freshman records
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Caleb Wilson is having a dominant season that many North Carolina fans will remember for a long time, even though he is just a freshman .
He is averaging a double-double this season with 19.6 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. He's also shooting 55.9% from the field. Defensively, he is averaging 1.5 blocks and 1.3 steals per game.
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In UNC's 98-51 win over East Carolina , Wilson scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in his most recent outing. Defensively, he added four blocks and three steals.
After that performance, Wilson tied a UNC freshman record by scoring 20 or more points in his fifth consecutive game. Phil Ford also scored 20 or more in five straight games as a freshman in the 1974-75 season. This was Wilson's ninth 20-point game, tying the fourth most in a season by a UNC freshman. He trails Tyler Hansbrough, Rashad McCants and Ford.
20-point games by a UNC freshman
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Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-06: 14
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Rashad McCants, 2002-03: 12
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Phil Ford, 1974-75: 10
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Caleb Wilson, 2025-26: 9
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Cole Anthony, 2019-20: 9
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Joseph Forte, 1999-2000: 9
So far, Wilson has recorded nine double-doubles, which is tied for the third most by a UNC freshman in a single season with J.R. Reid, who did so in the 1985-86 season, and Sam Perkins, who did so in the 1980-81 season that ended with Carolina as the national runner-up. Wilson needs three more to pass Armando Bacot, who recorded 11 in the 2019-20 season, and five to pass Antawn Jamison, who had 13 in the 1995-96 season.
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Double-doubles by a UNC freshman (points and rebounds)
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13 — Antawn Jamison, 1995-96
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11 — Armando Bacot, 2019-20
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9 — Caleb Wilson, 2025-26
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9 — J.R. Reid, 1986-87
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9 — Sam Perkins, 1980-81
Wilson is already on pace to break those records, and you could make the case that he is having the greatest season a freshman has ever had in Chapel Hill. He's already passed Hansbrough for the most 20-10 games by a UNC freshman in the last 20 seasons. Now he has a chance to rewrite the record book even more.
This article originally appeared on Tar Heels Wire: UNC Basketball: Caleb Wilson's freshman season on record-breaking pace
