UNIVERSITY HISTORY

Penn Plays Philadelphia Big 5 Basketball:
1962-1963 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 22	Penn 78	St. Joseph's 77	5,845
	Wideman layup ices win at 0:18 in 3rd OT
Jan 12	Villanova 63	St. Joseph's 61	8,716
	Eric Erikson hits game-winner at 0:05 in OT
Jan 19	Temple 50	Villanova 49	8,201
	Fitzgerald leads way with 13 pts, 19 rebs
Jan 26	Villanova 63	Penn 62	8,728
	Pennsylvania was up six (29-23) at break
Feb 2	La Salle 81	Temple 71	6,100
	Frank Corace scores 21 pts, grabs 15 rebs
Feb 12	Penn 78	La Salle 74	6,331
	Corace's 30 points, 18 boards aren't enough
Feb 16	St. Joseph's 64	Temple 52	7,299
	Jim Boyle hits for 17 points and 13 rebounds
Feb 23	St. Joseph's 66	La Salle 49	8,719
	Boyle misses "triple-double" by an assist
Feb 26	Penn 59	Temple 53	3,256
	Penn wins 1st Big 5 title behind Wideman's 18
March 3	Villanova 63	La Salle 47	8,708
	Wally Jones' 28 points sparks the 'Cats

Honors:

Big 5 First Team

Frank Corace (La Salle)

Wally Jones (Villanova)

Jim Lynam (St. Joseph's)

Jim Washington (Villanova)

John Wideman (Pennsylvania)

Tom Wynne (St. Joseph's)

NCAA Tournament:

National Invitation Tournament: