Johnson, Paige Claim Top Honors At UNC Awards Ceremony
Posted Apr 26, 2016
Senior forward Brice Johnson won the Dean Smith Most Valuable Player Award and senior guard Marcus Paige became the first Tar Heel men’s basketball player to earn defensive player-of-the-year honors four times as the University of North Carolina celebrated its Final Four season at the end-of-year awards ceremony Tuesday evening at the Carolina Inn.
(GoHeels.com)
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