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Massachusetts (#2) 74, Geo Washington 65
From The Associated Press, 3/8/1996
PHILADELPHIA – Massachusetts avenged its only loss of the season, getting 19 points apiece from Donta Bright and Marcus Camby in a 74-65 win over George Washington in an Atlantic 10 semifinal Friday night.
The Minutemen (30-1) had lost four straight games against the Colonials, including an 86-76 defeat at home on Feb. 24.
Massachusetts, which has won 14 consecutive A-10 tournament games, will become only the third team in NCAA history to win five straight tournament and regular-season championships if it beats the Temple-Rhode Island winner in Saturday's championship game.
North Carolina State did it in the Southern Conference and Kentucky did in the Southeastern.
Trailing by 10, the Colonials opened the second half with a 16-5 run to take the lead 43-42 with 14:18 remaining – the Colonials' first lead since 17-16. Vaughn Jones scored eight points and Alexander Koul six during the run.
Over the next eight minutes, there were two ties and three lead changes.
UMass forged ahead 61-55 with 5:29 left when Bright hit a layup and was fouled. He missed the free throw, but Massachusetts chased down the loose ball and Camby buried a 10-footer.
Dana Dingle made a layup after he grabbed one of Massachusetts' 26 offensive boards1) and Bright's 3-pointer gave UMass its biggest lead, 66-55 with 2:04 remaining. GW got no closer than eight the rest of the way.
Camby's three blocks gives him 102 for the season, making the 6-foot-11 junior the only player other than LSU's Shaquille O'Neal to swat 100 or more shots in each of his first three seasons.
Camby scored 12 of his points in the first half as the Minutemen closed with a 17-8 run to take a 37-27 lead at intermission.
Koul led the Colonials (21-7) with 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Jones and Kwame Evans each had 14.
The Colonials were the last team to beat UMass in this tournament, 84-83 in overtime in 1991.
GEO WASHINGTON (65) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp Brade 20 0-1 3-4 0-4 1 4 3 Jones 32 5-7 4-6 2-4 0 3 14 Koul 28 8-13 4-7 3-11 0 5 20 Rogers 40 1-7 2-2 0-1 6 4 4 Evans 36 3-14 6-7 1-7 4 2 14 Green 16 1-5 2-2 2-4 1 0 4 Mescheriakov 22 3-6 0-0 1-1 0 1 6 Williams 5 0-1 0-1 2-3 1 1 0 Camara 1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 _______________________________________________ TOTALS 200 21-54 21-29 11-36 13 20 65 _______________________________________________ Percentages: FG-.389, FT-.724. 3-Point Goals: 2-10, .200 (Rogers 0-2, Evans 2-7, Green 0-1). Team rebounds: 5. Blocked shots: 3 (Koul 2, Green). Turnovers: 14 (Evans 3, Koul 3, Rogers 3, Brade 2, Green, Jones, Mescheriakov). Steals: 6 (Brade 2, Rogers 2, Evans, Green). MASSACHUSETTS (74) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp Dingle 34 3-7 2-4 3-7 1 3 8 Bright 32 8-17 1-3 4-7 2 3 19 Camby 25 6-23 7-8 4-9 3 3 19 E Padilla 38 3-4 0-0 0-2 7 4 7 Travieso 39 2-10 5-7 2-5 3 3 10 Norville 16 3-5 0-0 3-6 0 1 6 Weeks 13 2-6 1-3 3-6 0 2 5 Clarke 3 0-1 0-0 1-1 1 1 0 _______________________________________________ TOTALS 200 27-73 16-25 20-43 17 20 74 _______________________________________________ Percentages: FG-.370, FT-.640. 3-Point Goals: 4-13, .308 (Bright 2-3, E Padilla 1-2, Travieso 1-7, Clarke 0-1). Team rebounds: 6. Blocked shots: 8 (Camby 3, Norville 3, Travieso 2). Turnovers: 11 (Bright 2, Dingle 2, E Padilla 2, Camby, Travieso, Weeks). Steals: 7 (Dingle 2, E Padilla 2, Camby, Norville, Travieso). ___________________________________ Geo Washington 27 38 - 65 Massachusetts 37 37 - 74 ___________________________________ Technical fouls: None. Officials: Gene Monje, Phil Bova, J Mcdaniel.