Paige's sneaky block skills to come in handy against Providence, Dunn

Posted Mar 19, 2016
Justin Jackson won’t admit it. Neither will Isaiah Hicks. Yes, Marcus Paige, top-seeded North Carolina’s 6-foot-1 point guard, blocks guys in practice all the time. But definitely not them. The 6-8 Jackson and 6-9 Hicks denied it through sidelong grins. “I don’t know if he’s ever gotten me,” Jackson said, and looked away and smiled. (Greensboro News & Record)

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