Students win 31-30 in Annual
Student Vs. Faculty Basketball Game

On Monday, March 28, 2005 the Students and Faculty of Temple University School of Pharmacy squared off at the 4th Annual Student-Faculty Basketball Game organized by the Rho Chi Honor Society. The Students were undefeated coming into the match. The battle ensued over two 20-minute halves with a running clock.

The Faculty came out strong and captured the lead shortly into the first-half. Their lead climbed to six points after a PY2 student (who will remain nameless) scored a basket for the Faculty. With 9 minutes to go in the first half, Faculty led 11 to 5. With a minute left in the first half, Dr. Rawls swished a three point shot to secure a 7-point lead for the Faculty at half-time (Half-time Score: Faculty-19; Students-
15).

A raffle drawing and shooting contest entertained the large crowd of spectators during half-time.

Early in the second-half Dr. Ruchalski’s theatrics drew an offensive foul, but the Students continued to fight and cut the Faculty’s lead to four. Six minutes into the second-half the Students took over the lead with a pair of lay-ups. The score was now 19-23. The Faculty had not yet scored in the second half. Then, it was Dr. Rawls with another three- pointer and a jump-shot in the face of strong defense that
enabled the Faculty to regain a one-point lead. Next, a bizarre series of events stemming from a loose-ball scramble at mid-court allowed Dr. Wodlinger to score two for the Faculty (off a pass from the referee!). The Students continued to get the job done and Denise Wolf shot 2 out of 3 from the foul line. The Students were up 29 to 28 with three minutes left in the game. A technical foul was called against the Students, but the Faculty couldn’t sink the foul shots. Michael McGraw, scored a lay-up giving the Faculty a one-point lead with 1:18 left on the clock, but Brian Esterly answered with a lay-up for the Students. Dr. Ruchalski stole the ball as the clock ran down…but the Faculty just ran out
of breath (out of time, rather) and the final score was 31- 30. The students remain undefeated! Be sure to join us next year for a re-match!!

Many thanks to the supportive spectators and the participants in the game. Special thanks to SFC personnel and the Rho Chi Officers for organizing this fantastic event!

FACULTY ROSTER Coach: Al Robinson Dr. Boullata Dr. Gallagher Dr. Klibanov Kurt Bodison Dr. Mancano Dr. McGraw Dr. Nowmos Dr. Rawls Warren Robinson Dr. Ruchalski Dr. Wodlinger

STUDENT ROSTER Alex Azrilench, PY1 Amod Farishi, PY2 Arif Hian, PY 1 Brian Esterly, PY 3 Chris Gross, PY 3 Denise Wolfe, PY 3 Hal Sing, PY1 Jen Weng, PY 3 Mike Murphy, PY 2 Raf Czapla, PY 3 Robert Matza, PY2 Roman Resnik, PY 1 Ryan Welsh, PY 2 Thomas Robinson, PY2 Victor Egbulefu, PY 3

Submitted by Melissa Craig, PY3

Students and administration cheer on the players
 

 
Al tells the faculty to play harder


Students huddle, plan victory

Students

Faculty