• Season: 1995-96
• Date: Friday, December 29, 1995
• Opponent: Southern California
• Start Time: ?
• Site: Special Events Arena (Honolulu, HI)
• Special Event: Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic, Semi-Final
• Television: ESPN2
• Radio: ?

• Result: UMass (#1) 78, USC 63
• Attendance: 7,856

Camby's Bad Knee Can't Slow Minutemen
UMass 78, Southern Cal 63
From The Associated Press, 12/30/1995

With its star forward Marcus Camby out for almost the entire game with an injured knee, No. 1 Massachusetts spread its scoring around last night in posting a 78-63 victory over Southern Cal in the championship bracket of the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu.

Camby was helped to the locker room 2 minutes 10 seconds into the game after he fell awkwardly when undercut by teammate Dana Dingle while trying for a rebound. A team spokesman said the 6-foot-11-inch forward suffered a bruised knee and that X-rays will be taken as a precaution.

Deprived of its top player, the Minutemen distributed the scoring with Edgar Padilla scoring 19, Donta Bright 17 and Carmelo Travieso 16. The reserves Tyrone Weeks and Inus Norville each added 9.

UMass (9-0) never trailed, getting off to a 10-4 lead on 3-pointers by Travieso and Padilla. The Trojans (7-3) got within 17-16, but UMass pulled out to a 32-23 lead by the half.

Bruiser Flint and John Calipari liked what they saw out of Inus Norville's effort.

Camby came back, but to the bench with his knee wrapped and iced.

Video: Highlights from ESPN

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (63) – Avondre Jones 5-10 4-5 14, Brandon Martin 5-12 2-2 14, Damion Dawson 0-0 0-0 0, Tyson Reuter 1-4 0-0 3, Jaha Wilson 3-10 0-0 6, Craig Slaughter 0-0 0-0 0, Cameron Murray 4-9 1-1 9, Stais Boseman 2-9 6-6 10, David Crouse 3-4 1-2 7, Maurice Strong 0-0 0-2 0. TOTALS: 23-58 (39.7%) 14-18 (77.8%) 63.

MASSACHUSETTS (78) – Dana Dingle 4-13 1-2 9, Donta Bright 5-16 5-9 15, Edgar Padilla 4-6 8-10 19, Marcus Camby 1-1 0-0 2, Carmelo Travieso 5-10 1-4 16, Tyrone Weeks 3-4 2-2 8, Ted Cottrell 0-0 0-0 0, Rigoberto Nunez 0-0 0-0 0, Inus Norville 4-6 1-1 9. TOTALS: 26-56 (46.4%) 18-28 (64.3%) 78.

HALFTIME: Massachusetts 32, Southern California 23. 3-POINTERS: Massachusetts 8-15 (Travieso 5-9, Padilla 3-5, Bright 0-1), Southern California 3-15 (Martin 2-5, Reuter 1-4, Murray 0-1, Boseman 0-5). REBOUNDS: Massachusetts 36 (Dingle 13), Southern California 33 (Jones 10). ASSISTS: Massachusetts 15 (Dingle 5), Southern California 10 (Murray 8). FOULED OUT: Reuter, Boseman. TOTAL FOULS: Massachusetts 16, Southern California 26. ATTENDANCE: 7,856. RECORDS: Massachusetts 9-0, Southern California 7-3.

Southern California    23     40  --  63
Massachusetts          32     46  --  78