CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Seth Trimble began the 2024-25 preseason on a high note in the Home of the Blues.
In North Carolina’s October exhibition against Memphis at the FedEx Forum, he scored a would-be career-high 33 points against the Tigers in UNC’s preseason win. The 6-foot-3 Trimble, who finished third in ACC Sixth Man of the Year voting last season and entered his junior year with three career starts, opened the regular season in the starting five alongside RJ Davis and Elliot Cadeau as, effectively, UNC’s small forward.
However, an injury he sustained on Dec. 28, which UNC classified as “upper-body,” sidelined him for three games. Ven-Allen Lubin said on Tuesday that Trimble “got hit in the head really hard” in practice. Trimble returned to the lineup in Tuesday’s 82-67 win against SMU, playing 26 minutes off the bench. Hubert Davis said that Monday was Trimble’s first practice since the injury. Tuesday’s game was Trimble’s first appearance since the team’s Dec. 21 win vs. UCLA at Madison Square Garden, making for a 17-day gap between games…