UNIVERSITY HISTORY

Penn Plays Philadelphia Big 5 Basketball:
1978-1979 season

Standings:

Game results:

All games were played at the Palestra.

Date	Winner	Loser	Crowd
Dec 9	Penn 68	La Salle 67	6,209
	Price nails baseline winner with 6 seconds left
Dec 16	Temple 66	Villanova 58	5,803
	Rick Reed (14 pts, 8 assists) keys win
Jan 10	Penn 79	Temple 74	9,208
	Quakers make 67% from the field (30 of 45)
Jan 16	Penn 43	St. Joseph's 42	7,526
	SJU's Griffin misses jumper at the buzzer
Jan 31	La Salle 84	Villanova 78	5,243
	Gladden scores 20 points, 12-13 FTs
Feb 9	St. Joseph's 54	Villanova 50	9,208
	St. Joe's rallies from halftime deficit
Feb 10	Temple 97	La Salle 81	9,208
	Three Owls score 20 points apiece
Feb 13	Villanova 89	Penn 80	5,329
	Tom Sienkiewicz keys upset with 39 points
Feb 17	St. Joseph's 94	La Salle 87	7,387
	The Hawks' Norman Black scores 35 points
Feb 21	Temple 76	St. Joseph's 68	5,392
	Walt Montford breaks out for 26 points

Honors:

Big 5 First Team

Alex Bradley (Villanova)

Michael Brooks (La Salle)

Bruce Harrold (Temple)

Tony Price (Pennsylvania)

Rick Reed (Temple)

Tim Smith (Pennsylvania)

Hall of Fame Inductees

Mike Bantom (St. Joseph's)

Tom Ingelsby (Villanova)

Ollie Johnson (Temple)

NCAA Tournament:

National Invitation Tournament:

Ohio State 80, St. Joseph's 66 in Columbus, Ohio