Two UNC seniors have been included among the 25 college basketball players on the Wooden Award midseason watch list.
Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige were named to the list released on Wednesday. Carolina is one of four schools with two players on the midseason list, joining Gonzaga, Kansas and Kentucky.
Johnson leads the Tar Heels in scoring and rebounding, averaging 16.7 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. Johnson also leads the Atlantic Coast Conference in field goal percentage making 64 percent of his field goal attempts.
Paige is averaging just over 15 points per game since returning from a fractured hand that help the senior out of the first six games of the season, including his homecoming game against Northern Iowa which the Tar Heels lost. Paige has accumulated 45 assists on the season compared with only eight turnovers. Paige holds the UNC records for most consecutive games with a three pointer, 41, and total three-point field goals in a career.
Duke’s Grayson Allen, Virginia’s Malcolm Brogdon and Louisville guard Damion Lee all represent the ACC on the midseason list. The ACC has more representatives in the 25-player list than any other conference.
The 40th annual Wooden Award, presented to the nation’s top player, will be handed out in April.
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