UNIVERSITY HISTORY
Penn Plays Philadelphia Big 5 Basketball:
1965-1966 season
Standings | Game results
Big 5 First Team | NCAA Tournament | National Invitation Tournament
Standings:
Team |
Big 5 |
All |
Coach |
| St. Joseph's |
4-0 |
24-5 |
Jack Ramsay |
| Temple |
3-1 |
21-7 |
Harry Litwack |
| Pennsylvania |
2-2 |
19-6 |
Jack McCloskey |
| La Salle |
1-3 |
10-15 |
Joe Heyer |
| Villanova |
0-4 |
18-11 |
Jack Kraft |
| 92-44, 67.6% |
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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 73 |
Villanova 60 |
5,394 |
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Stan Pawlak's 24 points paces Red and Blue | ||
| Jan 5 |
Temple 57 |
Villanova 56 |
2,633 |
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Morgan scores 19 in close battle | ||
| Jan 8 |
St. Joseph's 92 |
La Salle 69 |
8,733 |
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Six Hawks score double figures in blowout | ||
| Jan 12 |
Penn 90 |
La Salle 76 |
6,076 |
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Pawlak scores a Quaker Big Five high 37 | ||
| Jan 16 |
St. Joseph's 71 |
Villanova 69 |
8,408 |
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Sub Steve Donches hits 29-foot game-winner | ||
| Jan 22 |
St. Joseph's 79 |
Penn 69 |
8,698 |
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Cliff Anderson leads way, 23 pts & 14 rebs | ||
| Feb 5 |
St. Joseph's 105 |
Temple 74 |
8,679 |
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Hawks get 24 pts, 23 rebs from Anderson | ||
| Feb 12 |
La Salle 78 |
Villanova 70 |
6,702 |
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Explorers win despite 27-reb disadvantage | ||
| Feb 18 |
La Salle 86 |
Temple 85 |
5,812 |
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Chris Kefalos' goal at buzzer doesn't count | ||
| Feb 22 |
Temple 71 |
Penn 64 |
3,506 |
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Jim Williams scores 34 to down Quakers | ||
Honors:
Big 5 First Team
Cliff Anderson (St. Joseph's)
Matt Guokas (St. Joseph's)
Hubie Marshall (La Salle)
* Bill Melchionni (Villanova)
Jeff Neuman (Pennsylvania)
Stan Pawlak (Pennsylvania)
Jim Williams (Temple)
* Melchionni earned a Geasey Award with a great senior season, averaging 27.6 points. He had two 40-point games, including 44 against St. Bonaventure.
St. Joseph's’s Cliff Anderson
Cliff Anderson graduated as the Hawks' most prolific player back in 1967, when he was selected as an all-American. He left St. Joseph's as the school's all-time top scorer (1,728) and rebounder (1,228). His scoring mark has been surpassed, but the rebounding record remains. A first round pick by the ABA's Pittsburgh Pipers, Anderson averaged a school-record 26.5 points a game as a senior. He led St. Joseph's in scoring and rebounding in each of his three seasons and his 15.5 rebound average as a sophomore is still a school record. And the high-scoring Hawks went 66-18 in his career, scored more than 100 points 12 times and were in the 90s on 22 other occasions. His career highs are 39 points (against Rhode Island as a sophomore) and 32 rebounds (against La Salle as a senior). The 32 boards are the most ever in a Big Five game.
NCAA Tournament:
St. Joseph's 65, Providence 48 |
in Blacksburg, VA |
Duke 76, St. Joseph's 74 |
in Raleigh, NC |
St. Joseph's 92, Davidson 76 |
in Raleigh, NC |
National Invitation Tournament:
Villanova 63, St. Johns 61 |
at Madison Square Garden |
Villanova 86, Boston College 85 |
at Madison Square Garden |
New York U. 69, Villanova 63 |
Final 4 at Madison Square Garden |
Villanova 76, Army 65 |
Final 4 at Madison Square Garden |
Temple 88, Virginia Tech 73 |
at Madison Square Garden |
Kansas 82, Temple 76 |
at Madison Square Garden |
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