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PHILADELPHIA BIG 5
Year by Year: 1990-1991

 

Men’s Standings

Team

Big 5

All

Coach

St. Joseph's

3-1

13-17

John Griffin

Temple

3-1

24-10

John Chaney

La Salle

2-2

19-10

Speedy Morris

Villanova

2-2

17-15

Rollie Massimino

Pennsylvania

0-4

9-17

Fran Dunphy

   

82-69, 54.3%

 

 

Men’s Games

Date

Winner

Loser

Crowd

Nov 29

Temple  70

Villanova  57

6,500

Pavilion

Kilgore shines (21 pts, 10 boards, 7 assists)

   

Dec 1

La Salle  84

Penn  80

3,821

Palestra

Doug Overton sends it to OT and scores 35

   

Dec 3

Villanova  82

Penn  62

3,570

Palestra

Wildcats win easily after 23-0 first-half spurt

   

Dec 8

Villanova  83

St. Joseph's  82

9,307

Spectrum

'Nova edges the Hawks in exciting fashion

   

Dec 22

La Salle  102

Villanova  94

6,500

Pavilion

Overton and Woods combine for 53 points

   

Jan 3

Temple  66

Penn  49

3,900

McGonigle

Penn led by 10 at the half (26-16 )

   

Jan 5

Temple  91

La Salle  86

7,974

Civic

Temple gains a share of Big Five title

   

Jan 16

St. Joseph's  87

Penn  79

2,915

Hawk Hill

Operation Desert Storm begins during 1st half

   

Feb 4

St. Joseph's  66

Temple  60

3,200

Hawk Hill

Blunt keys upset with 20 points, 14 rebounds

   

Feb 16

St. Joseph's  82

La Salle  73

10,000

Civic

La Salle's Doug Overton sits out with injury

   

 

Men’s Honors

First Team

Bernard Blunt (St. Joseph’s)

Mark Macon (Temple)

Lance Miller (Villanova)

Doug Overton (La Salle)

Randy Woods (La Salle)

Macon closed his amazing career by averaging 22 points and leading the Owls to within three points of making it to the NCAA Final Four.

 

Second Team

Craig Amos (St. Joseph’s)

Rap Curry (St. Joseph’s)

Donald Hodge (Temple)

Mik Kilgore (Temple)

Greg Woodard (Villanova)

 

Hall of Fame Inductees

Granger Hall (Temple)

Ralph Lewis (La Salle)

Ed Pinckney (Villanova)

Ed Ryan (Villanova)

 

NCAA Tournament

Temple 80, Purdue 63

in College Park, Md.

Temple 77, Richmond 64

in College Park, Md.

Temple 72, Oklahoma State 63

in East Rutherford, N.J.

North Carolina 75, Temple 72

in East Rutherford, N.J.

Villanova 50, Princeton 48

in Syracuse, N.Y.

North Carolina 84, Villanova 69

in Syracuse, N.Y.

 

National Invitation Tournament

Massachusetts 93, La Salle 90 in Amherst, Mass.

Women’s Standings

Team

Big 5

All

Coach

St. Joseph's

4-0

18-12

Jim Foster

Villanova

3-1

12-17

Harry Perretta

La Salle

2-2

16-12

John Miller

Temple

1-3

13-15

Charlene Curtis

Pennsylvania

0-4

15-11

Julie Soriero

   

74-67, 52.5%

 

 

Women’s Games

Date

Winner

Loser

Nov 27

Villanova  52

Temple  49

McGonigle

Temple Owls struggle from the field

 

Nov 29

St. Joseph's  63

Villanova  38

Hawk Hill

'Nova held to 13 first-half points by Hawks

 

Dec 1

La Salle  74

Penn  67

Palestra

Cole and Greybush combine for 44 points

 

Dec 3

St. Joseph's  66

La Salle  55

Hawk Hill

Mary Greybush (26 pts, 18 rebs) not enough

 

Dec 8

Temple  62

Penn  59

Palestra

Kirsten Brendel has 20 points & 20 boards

 

Dec 11

La Salle  70

Temple  61

Hayman

Temple has tough time after intermission

 

Dec 22

Villanova  51

La Salle  48

Pavilion

Magarity nets 20 in low-scoring game

 

Jan 16

St. Joseph's  80

Penn  74

Palestra

SJU prevails despite 35 points from Brendel

 

Jan 29

Villanova  82

Penn  60

Pavilion

Wildcats pull away in the second half

 

Feb 4

St. Joseph's  73

Temple  65

Hawk Hill

Jim Foster & his Hawks wrap up another title

 

 

Women’s Honors

First Team

Nikki Benedix (Villanova)

Kirsten Brendel (Pennsylvania)

Wendy Brink (St. Joseph’s)

Katie Curry (St. Joseph’s)

Mary Greybush (La Salle)

Tania Koel (Temple)

Brendel became the first woman to score 100 points in a Big 5 season and averaged 24.3 points and 11 boards a game.

 

Second Team

Cindy Anderson (St. Joseph’s)

Dionne Anthon (Pennsylvania)

Jenn Cole (La Salle)

Denise Kayajian (Villanova)

Sandy Litkenhaus (Villanova)

 

Hall of Fame Inductees

Kathy Bess (La Salle)

Renie Dunne (St. Joseph’s)

Auretha Fleming (Pennsylvania)

Donna Kennedy (Temple)

Stephanie Vanderslice (Villanova)

 

NCAA Tournament

No participants

Temple’s Mark Macon

Mark Macon became the all-time leading scorer at Temple as a junior and now holds the record by nearly 800 points.  To surpass his total of 2,609 points, a player would need to average 25 points a game for four seasons in a 26-game schedule.  Macon scored 22 points in his Temple debut at UCLA and went on to lead the Owls in scoring four times.  The Owls won 94 times in his career and were ranked #1 in the nation during his freshman season.  That freshman season, the Saginaw, Mich., native became just the third freshmen to be tabbed as a Wooden Award finalist.  Not only was he the Freshmen of the Year by UPI and the USBWA, he was a first-team all-America pick by Basketball Times.  Macon was a first-team all-A 10 Conference pick four times.  In his final game, an NCAA loss to UNC, Macon had 31 points, nine boards and no turnovers.

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