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PHILADELPHIA BIG 5
Year by Year: 1988-1989

 

 

Men’s Standings

Team

Big 5

All

Coach

La Salle

3-1

26-6

Speedy Morris

Temple

3-1

18-12

John Chaney

Villanova

2-2

18-16

Rollie Massimino

Pennsylvania

1-3

13-13

Tom Schneider

St. Joseph's

1-3

8-21

Jim Boyle

   

83-66, 55.7%

 

 

Men’s Games

Date

Winner

Loser

Crowd

Dec 5

La Salle  81

St. Joseph's  57

4,189

Palestra

Widest LS-SJU margin since Tom Gola played

   

Dec 6

Penn  71

Villanova  70

5,760

Palestra

Quakers stun nationally-ranked 'Cats with FTs

   

Dec 9

La Salle  77

Penn  61

5,921

Palestra

Simmons' 32 pts leads to Jostens Classic win

   

Dec 17

Villanova  70

Temple  59

6,500

Pavilion

Vreeswyk and Macon combine for just 18 pts

   

Dec 22

La Salle  79

Villanova  74

6,500

Pavilion

Simmons grabs 21 boards in overtime win

   

Jan 4

Temple  67

La Salle  57

8,443

Palestra

Vreeswyk nails 8 threes en route to 26 pts

   

Jan 17

St. Joseph's  64

Penn  56

4,307

Palestra

St. Joe's shoots 31% from field - and wins!

   

Jan 24

Villanova  69

St. Joseph's  55

8,722

Palestra

Hawks again struggle, shooting 37%

   

Jan 31

Temple  77

Penn  55

3,900

McGonigle

All five Temple starters score in double figures

   

Feb 2

Temple  79

St. Joseph's  71

3,900

McGonigle

St. Joe's cans 14 of 29 threes - and loses!

   

 

Men’s Honors

First Team

Mark Macon (Temple)

Doug Overton (La Salle)

Lionel Simmons (La Salle)

Mike Vreeswyk (Temple)

Chris Walker (Villanova)

Doug West (Villanova)

Simmons was a first-team All-American according to The Sporting News, averaging 28.4 points and 11.4 rebounds.

 

 

Hall of Fame Inductees

Bob Bigelow (Pennsylvania)

Andy Dougherty (St. Joseph’s publicist)

Jim O’Brien (St. Joseph’s)

John Pinone (Villanova)

Bill Taylor (La Salle)

 

NCAA Tournament

Louisiana Tech 83, La Salle 74 in Nashville, Tenn.

National Invitation Tournament

Villanova 76, St. Peter’s 56

in Philadelphia, Pa.

Villanova 76, Penn State 67

in Philadelphia, Pa.

Michigan State 70, Villanova 63

in Philadelphia, Pa.

 

Women’s Standings

Team

Big 5

All

Coach

La Salle

4-0

28-3

John Miller

St. Joseph's

2-2

23-8

Jim Foster

Temple

2-2

22-10

Linda MacDonald

Villanova

2-2

18-12

Harry Perretta

Pennsylvania

0-4

5-21

Marianne Stanley

   

96-54, 64.0%

 

 

Women’s Games

Date

Winner

Loser

Nov 29

Temple  66

Villanova  46

McGonigle >

Kelly Lane (26 pts, 14 rebs) keys victory

 

Dec 7

Villanova  77

Penn  51

Pavilion

Villanova Wildcats spread the points

 

Dec 10

La Salle  73

Temple  71

Hayman

Tracey Sneed's 27 points is the key to win

 

Dec 12

St. Joseph's  70

Penn  62

Palestra

Kim Foley scores 26 points, grabs 12 boards

 

Dec 13

La Salle  70

Villanova  58

Pavilion

Explorers outscore 'Nova, 44-26, after half

 

Jan 10

La Salle  61

Penn  57

Palestra

La Salle rallies to down Quakers

 

Jan 17

Temple  80

Penn  53

McGonigle

Pam Balogh tallies 22 points as Owls cruise

 

Jan 24

Villanova  63

St. Joseph's  61

Palestra

Helen Koskinen scores 25 in overtime win

 

Jan 31

La Salle  75

St. Joseph's  68

Hawk Hill

La Salle captures Big Five title outright

 

Feb 13

St. Joseph's  65

Temple  58

Hawk Hill

Kim Foley's 24 points leads the way

 

 

Women’s Honors

First Team

Pam Balogh (Temple)

Kim Foley (St. Joseph’s)

Dale Hodges (St. Joseph’s)

Helen Koskinen (Villanova)

Kelly Lane (Temple)

Tracey Sneed (La Salle)

Hodges led the Hawks to a 23-win season by averaging 23.4 points a game.

Second Team

Jen Dorfmeister (Pennsylvania)

Kelly Greenberg (La Salle)

Karen Healey (Temple)

Jen Snyder (La Salle)

Sheila Wall (La Salle)

 

Hall of Fame Inductees

Mary Sue Garrity (St. Joseph’s)

Maureen Kramer (La Salle),

Carol Kuna (Pennsylvania)

Faye Lawrence (Temple)

Vivian Machinski (Pennsylvania)

Ellen Malone (La Salle)

Chrissy McGoldrick (St. Joseph’s)

Lisa Ortlip (Villanova)

Marilyn Stephens (Temple)

 Kathy Straccia (Villanova)

NCAA Tournament

St. Joseph’s 82, Vanderbilt 68

Long Beach State 84, St. Joseph’s 65

La Salle 72, Connecticut 63

Tennessee 91, La Salle 61

Temple 90, Holy Cross 80

Auburn 88, Temple 54

Old Dominion 66, Villanova 41

 

St. Joseph’s Dale Hodges

Dale Hodges dominated the Big Five in a way that was unseen previously.  In each of her three seasons, her St. Joseph's Hawks won at least 23 games and she owns the Hawk record book.  Hodges holds the standards of most points in a career (2,077), season (855) and a game (42).  She averaged 22.1 points a game in her three-year career and scored 40 or more three times.  As a senior in 1989-90, she averaged an all-time Big Five-high 27.6 points a game.  Not surprisingly she was twice named the player of the year in both the Philadelphia Big Five and the Atlantic 10.  The SJU rebound leader with 1,049, Hodges is the only Hawk to lead the team in scoring, rebounding, steals and blocks in the same season.  And she did that twice.

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