UNIVERSITY HISTORY

Penn Plays Philadelphia Big 5 Basketball:
1967-1968 season

Standings:

Game results:

All games were played at the Palestra.

Date	Winner	Loser	Crowd
Dec 22	St. Joseph's 78	Penn 57	2,946
	Ten different Hawks score in this blowout
Jan 6	La Salle 103	St. Joseph's 71	9,208
	La Salle domination led by Ervin
Jan 9	Temple 72	Penn 64	3,556
	Nolan keys victory with 24 pts and 11 rebs
Jan 17	Villanova 75	Penn 46	3,358
	No Quakers net double figures
Jan 24	Penn 57	La Salle 45	4,309
	Penn shoots 57 percent from the field
Jan 27	St. Joseph's 67	Temple 62	9,217
	Dan Kelly tallies 22 points for the Hawks
Feb 3	Temple 61	Villanova 52	8,744
	Temple cans 33 of 40 free throws
Feb 10	La Salle 64	Temple 60	8,768
	Jim Williams scores 24, but the Owls fall
Feb 17	St. Joseph's 63	Villanova 54	9,181
	Mike Hauer's boardwork keys Hawk victory
Feb 24	Villanova 64	La Salle 56	8,909
	Johnny Jones ends with 23 pts, 9 rebs

Honors:

Big 5 First Team

John Baum (Temple)

Larry Cannon (La Salle)

Mike Hauer (St. Joseph's)

Dan Kelly (St. Joseph's)

* Jones earned the Geasey MVP after leading the Cats at 20.1 points and 8.7 boards a game. He had a season-high 38 versus Wyoming in the NIT.

Honorable Mention:

Pete Andrews (Pennsylvania)

Bill DeAngelis (St. Joseph's)

Bernie Williams (La Salle)

NCAA Tournament:

Columbia 83, La Salle 69

in College Park, MD

National Invitation Tournament: