The good news is Marcus Paige snapped out of his slump. The bad news pretty much everything else went wrong as UNC went from leading 39-30 at halftime to an 80-76 loss at Notre Dame.
It all started out so well. Marcus Paige was hitting threes to the tune of 4-5 in the first half. Isaiah Hicks came off the bench for ten first half points and a balanced Tar Heel attacked opened up as much as a 15 point lead. Notre Dame whittled it down to nine at the break but the Tar Heels had a solid offensive efficiency and held an explosive Notre Dame offense under a point per possession.