Marcus Paige should be as good as new when he reports to UNC in June

Posted Apr 5, 2012
North Carolina recruit Marcus Paige, who has a stress fracture in his left foot, will have surgery Tuesday and be out six-to-eight weeks, his high school coach said Thursday. Chris Robertson, the coach at Linn-Mar High School in Iowa, said Paige should be fine by the time he reports to UNC in June. Paige, a point guard, could fill an important role with Kendall Marshall leaving school early for the NBA. (Fayetteville Observer)

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