CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Caleb Wilson may be the most confident freshman in the universe. That’s probably an overexaggeration, but he told the media he wants to “dunk on dudes.”
That’s exactly what he did in North Carolina’s 95-53 win over Winston-Salem State in their exhibition game on Wednesday night as he made the signature play of the game with a thunderous posterizing dunk with 7:51 left in the first half.
“You know, I just usually, when I’m about to duck with somebody, I look them in their face, they make decision to jump. That’s on them,” Wilson said after the game.
It was Wilson’s second dunk attempt; on his first try, a Winston-Salem State defender knocked the ball loose as he went up. Wilson then collected the ball, dribbled to the perimeter to reset, drove to the baseline and soared to the rim, throwing down a thunderous dunk over Rams big forward Abou Camara.
“I saw him under the rim, I looked at him and he powered up like he was gonna jump. I knew it was going to be a conflict, and I won,” Wilson said.
