UNIVERSITY HISTORY

Penn Plays Philadelphia Big 5 Basketball:
1964-1965 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	La Salle 78	Penn 64	8,691
	Five Explorers net double figures
Dec 23	Temple 73	Penn 59	5,958
	Jim Williams scores 30 for the Owls
Jan 8	Villanova 86	La Salle 72	8,580
	Bill Melchionni leads 'Nova with 24 points
Jan 16	Temple 73	Villanova 59	7,778
	Temple wins with balanced scoring
Jan 23	St. Joseph's 88	Penn 72	8,678
	Cliff Anderson grabs 23 rebounds
Jan 27	Villanova 75	Penn 46	6,598
	Quakers struggle from field, shooting 23%
Feb 6	La Salle 81	Temple 74	8,449
	La Salle gets 29 points from Curt Fromal
Feb 13	St. Joseph's 73	Temple 59	8,668
	Guokas misses "triple-double" by a rebound
Feb 20	St. Joseph's 69	Villanova 61	8,735
	Bomb scare doesn't move radioman Les Keiter
Feb 26	St. Joseph's 93	La Salle 85	8,490
	Curt Fromal nets 34 points in defeat

Honors:

Big 5 First Team

Cliff Anderson (St. Joseph's)

Curt Fromal (La Salle)

Matt Guokas (St. Joseph's)

Bill Melchionni (Villanova)

Jeff Neuman (Pennsylvania)

* Washington rebounded his way to the Geasey MVP, grabbing a Nova record 15.8 per game. Only Howard Porter had more in a career.

NCAA Tournament:

National Invitation Tournament:

Villanova 73, Manhattan 71	at Madison Square Garden
Villanova 91, New York U. 69	Final 4 at Madison Square Garden
St. Johns 55, Villanova 51	Final 4 at Madison Square Garden
Detroit 93, La Salle 86	at Madison Square Garden