UNIVERSITY HISTORY

Penn Plays Philadelphia Big 5 Basketball:
1972-1973 season

Standings:

Game results:

All games were played at the Palestra.

Date	Winner	Loser	Crowd
Dec 13	Penn 54	St. Joseph's 53	8,655
	Quakers erase seven-point halftime deficit
Dec 23	Penn 59	Temple 44	8,288
	Penn uses FTs (15 of 17) and rebounds (35-21)
Jan 6	St. Joseph's 68	La Salle 55	9,019
	Mike Bantom gets 22 points and 20 rebounds
Jan 17	Penn 77	Villanova 69	9,205
	Hankinson 24 points, Haigler 20 boards
Jan 24	Penn57	La Salle 45	6,920
	Hankinson keys win with 16 points, 16 boards
Jan 27	Villanova 79	St. Joseph's 72	9,222
	Hastings and Inglesby combine for 43 pts
Feb 10	St. Joseph's 74	Temple 42	9,105
	Temple struggles in every aspect
Feb 17	Temple 56	La Salle 54	5,242
	Owls outrebound La Salle by 24 (43-19)
Feb 24	Temple 76	Villanova 67	7,658
	Temple wins because of 56% FG shooting
Feb 28	La Salle 101	Villanova 79	5,491
	Explorers outscore 'Cats, 60-40, after half

Honors:

Big 5 First Team

Mike Bantom (St. Joseph's)

Jim Crawford (La Salle)

Phil Hankinson (Pennsylvania)

Pat McFarland (St. Joseph's)

* Ingelsby had an excellent season, averaging 25.5 points for Nova and becoming the fifth to score 100 points in a Big Five season.

Hall of Fame Inductees

Cliff Anderson (St. Joseph's)

Larry Cannon (La Salle)

Wali Jones (Villanova)

Stan Pawlak (Pennsylvania)

Guy Rodgers (Temple)

NCAA Tournament:

National Invitation Tournament:

No participants