North Carolina, trailing by nine against a hot-shooting Notre Dame team in the first half, turned up the pace late in the first half and continued it into the second half to top the Irish 73-62. (2/8)

Over the last two minutes of the first half and the first six minutes of the second half, the Tar Heels outscored the Irish 24-7 and turned a deficit into a 14-point lead at 44-30.

The game had been a laboriously slow one highlighted by four three pointers from Notre Dame before Marcus Paige almost single-handedly changed the pace.

First he drove the left side for a layup with 2:18 lef in the first half. Then he banged in a quick three from the top of the key. After a James Michael McAdoo dunk follow, Paige passed a mini alley-oop to McAdoo with two seconds left in the half to give Carolina a 27-23 lead.

“We played with some poise,” UNC coach Roy Williams said, mentioning the Irish quick start. “We got going at the end of the half.”

The Tar Heels continued hot into the second half.

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