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VARSITY January 16, 2014
JEFFREY CAMARATI / UNC ATHLETICS
DAVID STLUKA
his week will be no different than any other
how he's keeping his weight up because he always
week during the college basketball season for
has to maintain his weight."
Wisconsin's Morgan Paige and North CaroliBoth have carried their weight and had their
na's Marcus Paige.
shining moments this season. Morgan Paige had
They will text or talk ― communicating their
the game-winning basket with one second left on
thoughts from one No. 5 to another, from shooting
the clock in Wisconsin's win over Marquette. Marguard to point guard, from sister to brother, from
cus Paige had 32 points in North Carolina's upset of
best friend to best friend.
Louisville.
Beyond the 930 miles
As they have matured, so
"JUST HAVING HER GO THROUGH THE
that separate the Madison
bond.
SAME EXPERIENCE I'M GOING THROUGH has their even gotten better
and Chapel Hill campuses,
"It has
− AS A COLLEGE ATHLETE − HAS BEEN since we've gotten older,"
they are 15 months apart
in age and two classes apart
BIG FOR ME," MARCUS SAID OF MORGAN. said Marcus Paige, a UNC
in school. But they've never
sophomore, whose listed
"SHE HAS BEEN THERE FOR ME AS A
been closer.
height and weight are 6-1
"We text every other day
and 175 pounds. "Now that
SISTER AND BEST FRIEND."
and I probably get to actualwe're in college we don't
ly talk to him once a week," said Morgan Paige, a UW
get to see each other that often but we still talk all
senior from Marion, Iowa. "Every once in awhile,
the time.
you get the FaceTime with the new phones so you
"We'll start off the conversation talking about the
can actually see him. I'll check in and see what's up.
game, whoever just played last. Then we'll end up
"I'll ask him how basketball is going but that might
talking about random things ― just about life ― and
only be five minutes of the conversation. Then we'll
how each other is doing. She's always someone I can
talk about what he has been doing in classes and
talk to whenever I need someone.
