UNIVERSITY HISTORY

Penn Plays Philadelphia Big 5 Basketball:
1976-1977 season

Standings:

Game results:

All games were played at the Palestra.

Date	Winner	Loser	Crowd
Dec 18	Villanova 83	Penn 66	9,208
	The Herron Brothers pour in 41 points
Jan 15	La Salle 69	St. Joseph's 61	5,719
	Donn Wilber's 20 points pace Explorers
Jan 19	Penn 63	St. Joseph's 55	5,285
	Bobby Willis was the spark with 17 points
Jan 22	Penn 83	Temple 72	5,063
	Matt White: 8-8 FGs, 12 rebs off bench
Feb 2	La Salle 71	Villanova 70	8,073
	Darryl Gladden's 2 freebies at 0:03 wins it
Feb 12	Temple 87	La Salle 75	5,562
	Tim Claxton's 23 points keys the Owls' win
Feb 16	Temple 73	Villanova 66	3,374
	Owls second Big Five victory in four days
Feb 19	Villanova 92	St. Joseph's 78	12,138
Spectrum	'Cats win first Big 5 game away from Palestra
Feb 22	Penn 80	La Salle 70	6,884
	McDonald scores 32 points, grabs 15 rebs
Feb 26	Temple 81	St. Joseph's 74	5,152
	Temple gains a share of the Big 5 title

Honors:

Big 5 First Team

Norman Black (St. Joseph's)

Michael Brooks (La Salle)

Keith Herron (Villanova)

Marty Stahurski (Temple)

* McDonald averaged 21.2 points and 9.2 boards as a junior, leading Penn to a share of the Big Five title. He would average 22.3 as a senior.

Hall of Fame Inductees

Bruce Drysdale (Temple)

Chris Ford (Villanova)

Mike Hauer (St. Joseph's)

Hubie Marshall (La Salle)

Bob Morse (Pennsylvania)

NCAA Tournament:

No participants

National Invitation Tournament: