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North Carolina’s Marcus Paige to play on Tuesday

Marcus Paige

Marcus Paige

AP

No. 9 North Carolina will be at full strength when they host No. 2 Maryland on Tuesday.

“He’ll play,’' head coach Roy Williams said on ESPNU’s college basketball podcast. “Unless something weird happens today in practice. He practiced Friday and Saturday.’'

Paige was an NBCSports.com Preseason All-American, but he broke a broke a bone in his right -- non-shooting -- hand prior to the start of the season. Prior to the 2014-15 season, Paige was picked as the NBCSports.com Preseason Player of the Year, but he had a disappointing year as he spent the majority of last season battling a variety of injuries, from plantar fasciitis to sprained ankles.

He missed the first six games of this season with the hand injury, including UNC’s loss at Northern Iowa last week.