UNIVERSITY HISTORY

Penn Plays Philadelphia Big 5 Basketball:
1971-1972 season

Standings:

Game results:

All games were played at the Palestra.

Date	Winner	Loser	Crowd
Dec 18	Temple 57	Penn 52	9,224
	Owls stop Penn's regular-season streak at 48
Jan 5	St. Joseph's 72	La Salle 55	4,957
	Mike Bantom (18 pts, 19 rebs) leads SJU
Jan 19	Penn 74	Villanova 64	9,223
	Hankinson and Calhoun combine for 45 pts
Jan 26	Penn 80	La Salle 66	6,589
	Penn pulls away in the second half
Feb 2	Temple 67	La Salle 56	4,172
	Owls uses balanced scoring for victory
Feb 4	St. Joseph's 68	Villanova 65	9,233
	SJU wins despite 31 from Hank Siemiontkowski
Feb 12	Villanova 80	Temple 66	9,233
	Chris Ford: 22 points, 9 rebs, 5 assists
Feb 19	Temple 60	St. Joseph's 58	8,117
	Three record "double-doubles" for St. Joe's
Feb 26	Villanova 86	La Salle 73	9,235
	Siemiontkowski & Inglesby combine for 56
Feb 29	Penn 77	St. Joseph's 64	9,122
	Alan Cotler scores 25 for Red and Blue

Honors:

Big 5 First Team

Mike Bantom (St. Joseph's)

Corky Calhoun (Pennsylvania)

Chris Ford (Villanova)

Phil Hankinson (Pennsylvania)

Tom Inglesby (Villanova)

Ollie Johnson (Temple)

Bob Morse (Pennsylvania)

NCAA Tournament:

National Invitation Tournament:

Maryland 67, St. Joseph's 55

at Madison Square Garden