CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --- Just 10 days away from North Carolina's 2019-20 season opener, the Tar Heel staff now has a better idea where its team stands as October comes to a close and November begins. On Sunday, UNC hosted Villanova in a closed scrimmage inside the Smith Center.

True freshman point guard Cole Anthony was the star of the scrimmage for the Tar Heels. He led UNC with 28 points. Anthony was one of four Tar Heels to score in double figures with Armando Bacot (18), Garrison Brooks (14) and Leaky Black (12).

The closed preseason scrimmages have been commonly been referred to as "secret" because NCAA rules dictate that while teams can replace one of their two allowed exhibition games with a Division I opponent, it must be closed to the public and media. The only people allowed to attend are the players, coaches, game officials, and what the NCAA deems as “essential personnel.”

On Sunday afternoon, UNC released some details from the scrimmage including format, star players, statistics, and a quote from UNC head coach Roy Williams.

The scrimmage between the Tar Heels and the Wildcats lasted nearly an hour on Sunday. Villanova won the first two segments (44-36 in a 20-minute half and 8-7 in a six-minute segment with just non-starters), while the Tar Heels won the final two periods (43-36 in a 20-minute half and 18-12 in an eight-minute period that featured zone defenses by both teams).

"It was great for us to scrimmage a team that is so well-coached and plays as hard as they do," said UNC head coach Roy Williams "It will do nothing but help us. We were able to look at a lot of things that will help us down the line and I hope will help Jay (Wright)'s club, too. They were much more aggressive than we were in the first part of the scrimmage. We got more in line with the way we want to play after that."

Over the full 54 minutes, Carolina shot 50.6 percent from the floor and made 9-of-25 three-pointers, out-rebounded the Wildcats, 49-47, and held Villanova to 39.1 percent from the floor and 39.2 percent (20 of 51) from three-point range. Both teams turned the ball over 17 times.

Villanova's Justin Moore made 9-of-12 three-pointers and led all scorers with 39 points. Moore scored 18 in the first period, 15 in the second and six in the zone segment.

The Tar Heels shot 36 percent from the floor and 1-of-10 from three in the period they lost by eight points, and 66.7 percent from the floor and 5-of-8 from three in the period they won, 43-36.

Anthony (12) and Black (10) both made a pair of threes and combined for 22 points, and Brooks had eight points and eight rebounds in the second 20-minute segment.

Brooks (11) and Bacot (9) combined for 20 rebounds over the full scrimmage.

North Carolina will face Winston-Salem State in an exhibition game on Friday, Nov. 1 in the Smith Center. The Tar Heels open the 2019-20 season vs. Notre Dame at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6 in Chapel Hill.