One explanation for the UNC basketball team's two-game losing streak entering Saturday afternoon's home bout against the Boston College Eagles was the back-to-back single-digit scoring performances by Ian Jackson after the electrifying Tar Heel freshman had routinely reached 20 points across the previous four weeks.

This was the type of game the North Carolina Tar Heels needed from Seth Trimble. In his first start since returning from a concussion two and a half weeks ago, Trimble made sure his presence was known with a thunderous dunk just three minutes into the game.