UNIVERSITY HISTORY

Penn Plays Philadelphia Big 5 Basketball:
1959-1960 season

Standings:

Game results:

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

Date	Winner	Loser	Crowd
Dec 19	St. Joseph's 74	Penn 62	4,027
	12-point SJU run in 2nd half seals victory
Jan 13	Villanova 81	Temple 69	4,957
	Villanova wins for 10th consecutive time
Jan 20	Penn 50	Temple 47	2,956
	Temple struggles (29%), Kennedy 2-16 FGs
Jan 23	Villanova 71	Penn 58	8,454
	'Cats trail Quakers by 5 at intermission
Jan 30	St. Joseph's 59	Temple 54	6,570
	Joe Gallo and Bobby McNeill each net 17
Feb 6	La Salle 80	St. Joseph's 73	7,952
	Bob Alden led La Salle with 25 points
Feb 17	Penn 66	La Salle 62	5,272
	Quakers beat Explorers for 3rd straight time
Feb 20	Temple 77	La Salle 53	3,789
	"Pickles" Kennedy scores 28 in blowout
Feb 27	St. Joseph's 78	Villanova 75	9,364
	Joe Gallo hits 2 FTs at 0:01 for 24 points
March 5	Villanova 68	La Salle 52	8,503
	Jimmy Huggard led 'Nova with 22 points

Honors:

Big 5 First Team

Bob Alden (La Salle)

Joe Gallo (St. Joes)

Jim Huggard (Villanova)

Bob McNeill (St. Joes)

Bob Mlkvy (Penn)

Hubie White (Villanova)

* Kennedy averaged 22.2 points and served as the Owls top playmaker to become the MVP. Kennedy is among Temples all-time leading scorers.

NCAA Tournament:

Duke 58, St. Josephs 56	in Charlotte, NC
West Virginia 106, St. Josephs 100	in Charlotte, NC

National Invitation Tournament: