UNIVERSITY HISTORY

Penn Plays Philadelphia Big 5 Basketball:
1957-1958 season

Standings:

Game results:

All games were played at the Palestra. Click on links to read the text of news articles about the games.

Dec 17	Penn 67	La Salle 66	3,966
	Jack Saxenmeyer's shot and layup force OT
Jan 11	La Salle 111	Villanova 105	6,125
	In 3 OTs, the highest scoring Big 5 game ever
Jan 15	Temple 72	Penn 61	3,288
	Jay Norman's 19 points leads to Owl victory
Jan 25	Temple 73	St. Joseph's 58	9,648
	Temple wins for the 12th straight time
Feb 1	St. Joseph's 77	Penn 70	6,963
	The Hawks build 13-point lead at half (42-29)
Feb 12	St. Joseph's 86	Villanova 82	9,346
	Villanova squanders 17-point lead, loses in OT
Feb 12	Temple 71	La Salle 61	9,346
	Rodgers becomes Temple's all-time scorer
Feb 19	Villanova 73	Penn 61	1,386
	Wildcats win at the line, sinking 25 of 28
Feb 22	Temple 73	Villanova 58	7,519
	The Owls run their winning streak to 17 games
Feb 26	St. Joseph's 82	La Salle 77	5,852
	Bob McNeill (30 points, 18-22 FTs) in OT win

Honors:

Big 5 First Team

Tom Brennan (Villanova)

Dick Czencsitz (Pennsylvania)

Bob McNeill (St. Joseph's)

Jay Norman (Temple)

Guy Rodgers (Temple)
Rodgers went out in style, averaging 20.1 points and winning his third Geasey MVP as Temple was 4-0 in Big 5 play.

NCAA Tournament:

National Invitation Tournament:

St. Joseph's 83, St. Peter's 72	at Madison Square Garden
St. Bonaventure 79, St. Joseph's 75	at Madison Square Garden