UNIVERSITY HISTORY

Penn Plays Philadelphia Big 5 Basketball:
1974-1975 season

Standings:

Game results:

All games were played at the Palestra.

Date	Winner	Loser	Crowd
Dec 14	Penn 90	Villanova 80	9,025
	Penn builds 13-point halftime lead (46-33)
Jan 15	La Salle 68	St. Joseph's 60	5,210
	St. Joe's loses its 10th straight game
Jan 18	La Salle 67	Penn 65	9,233
	Joe Bryant's 25 points include game winner
Jan 21	Penn 79	St. Joseph's 70	4,583
	Ron Haigler (21 pts, 12 rebs) paces Quakers
Jan 25	Villanova 82	Temple 68	6,802
	Herron brothers combine for 46 points
Feb 8	La Salle 74	Temple 63	7,262
	#13 La Salle hands Owls ninth straight loss
Feb 12	La Salle 74	Villanova 73	6,613
	In overtime, La Salle ends Penn's title hold
Feb 15	Temple 81	St. Joseph's 67	2,988
	The Owls outboard the Hawks, 44-30
Feb 22	Villanova 71	St. Joseph's 67	9,233
	Larry and Keith Herron score 19 points each
Feb 25	Penn 57	Temple 55	5,443
	Temple goes 5-for-15 from the line

Honors:

Big 5 First Team

Bob Bigelow (Pennsylvania)

Joe Bryant (La Salle)

* Ron Haigler (Pennsylvania)

Bill Taylor (La Salle)

Charlie Wise (La Salle)

* Haigler averaged 21.6 points and 10.6 rebounds. No Quaker since has averaged double digits in rebounding.

Hall of Fame Inductees

Ken Durrett (La Salle)

Bill Kennedy (Temple)

Jim Lynam (St. Joseph's)

John Rossiter (Original Big Five Business Manager)

Jim Washington (Villanova)

Dave Wohl (Pennsylvania)

NCAA Tournament:

Kansas State 69, Pennsylvania 62	at The Palestra
Syracuse 87, La Salle 83	at The Palestra

National Invitation Tournament:

No participants