{"id":6585,"date":"2014-01-29T22:23:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T03:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=6585"},"modified":"2014-01-29T22:23:06","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T03:23:06","slug":"paige-aint-half-bad-as-unc-overcomes-adversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=6585","title":{"rendered":"Paige ain’t half bad as UNC overcomes adversity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marcus Paige.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Too bad for Carolina fans that the 78-65 win at Georgia Tech was not on ESPN because of weather issues. It was one of UNC’s best performances of the season, especially in the second half.<\/p>\n

Georgia Tech never led but it was just a one-point game at the half.<\/p>\n

Marcus Paige had a near perfect second half as he hit all his shots and didn’t turn the ball over.<\/p>\n

In the first half, Paige was just one of seven from the field and was a non factor.<\/p>\n

Out of Carolina’s 20 games, UNC coach Roy Williams says Paige has played poorly in one half in 15 of them.<\/p>\n

“I can’t explain it,” Williams said. “If I had the answer I’d sit him during the bad half and play him the good half.”<\/p>\n

For his part, Paige said he his trying to figure it out. He says he’s a laid back guy and perhaps he’s not preparing mentally well enough to start the game. It’s true that usually the first half is the bad half.<\/p>\n

The whole team played better in the second half. Carolina fans must have enjoyed seeing – or at least hearing on the radio – the successful free throw shooting down the stretch.<\/p>\n

UNC hit 16 of 20 in the second half, including the final 11 in a row.<\/p>\n

The game actually did air visually on ESPN3 on the Internet with the naturally biased Georgia Tech radio announcer handling the play-by-play. Most people, even with fast Internet service, run into some issues – whether picture quality or time synchronization – when watching on the Internet.<\/p>\n

For more on the game, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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