JOHNSON, PAIGE ON WOODEN MID-SEASON LIST
CHAPEL HILL — University of North Carolina seniors Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige are among 25 college basketball players on the John R. Wooden Award Mid-Season Top 25, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced today. Carolina is one of four schools (with Gonzaga, Kansas and Kentucky) to have two players on the Top 25 list.
Johnson, a forward from Orangeburg, S.C., leads Carolina in scoring (16.7) and rebounding (10.2) and leads the ACC in field goal percentage at .644. Johnson has scored career highs in three different games this season – 39 at Florida State, 27 vs. UCLA and 25 vs. Tulane. He had a career-best 23 rebounds in the win at Florida State. Johnson is on pace to become the first Tar Heel to average a double-double and shoot at least 60 percent from the floor in 40 years.
Paige, a guard from Marion, Iowa, missed the first six games due to a hand injury. He is second on the Tar Heels in scoring (15.1) and has 45 assists and just eight turnovers. He set the UNC record for most consecutive games with a three-pointer (41 and counting) and is one of only seven players in ACC history with 1,600 points, 500 assists, 150 steals and 250 three-point field goals. He scored a season-high 30 points at Florida State.
The 40th annual Wooden Award, which is presented to the nation’s top player, will be presented in April.
CHAPEL HILL — University of North Carolina seniors Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige are among 25 college basketball players on the John R. Wooden Award Mid-Season Top 25, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced today. Carolina is one of four schools (with Gonzaga, Kansas and Kentucky) to have two players on the Top 25 list.
Johnson, a forward from Orangeburg, S.C., leads Carolina in scoring (16.7) and rebounding (10.2) and leads the ACC in field goal percentage at .644. Johnson has scored career highs in three different games this season – 39 at Florida State, 27 vs. UCLA and 25 vs. Tulane. He had a career-best 23 rebounds in the win at Florida State. Johnson is on pace to become the first Tar Heel to average a double-double and shoot at least 60 percent from the floor in 40 years.
Paige, a guard from Marion, Iowa, missed the first six games due to a hand injury. He is second on the Tar Heels in scoring (15.1) and has 45 assists and just eight turnovers. He set the UNC record for most consecutive games with a three-pointer (41 and counting) and is one of only seven players in ACC history with 1,600 points, 500 assists, 150 steals and 250 three-point field goals. He scored a season-high 30 points at Florida State.
The 40th annual Wooden Award, which is presented to the nation’s top player, will be presented in April.
