Abington Honors 40th Anniversary Championship Team

Abington, Pa. – The 1984-85 men's basketball team returned to campus to celebrate the 40^th anniversary of the team's Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference championship in a special halftime ceremony of the men's basketball game against Cairn University on Saturday afternoon at the Abington Athletic Building.

Known as Penn State Ogontz back then, the 1984-85 team finished an impressive 27-3 overall, including 11-1 in conference play that year. The 27 victories are still the most in a single season in program history. Guided by legendary head coach Dick Wiseman, the Nittany Lions capped the season as Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference champions. Wiseman is the program's all-time winningest coach with 152 victories.

1984-85 Penn State Ogontz Roster
#3 Mark Oxenreiter (Guard | North Penn)
#4 Brian Neely (Guard | Abington)
#5 John Greenberg (Guard | Archbishop Wood)
#10 Paul Jordan (Guard | Germantown)
#14 Steve Manna (Forward | Archbishop Wood)
#22 Maurice Williams (Forward | Martin Luther King)
#24 Joseph Judge (Forward | Cedar Grove Academy)
#30 Bill Kamin (Guard | Council Rock)
#32 Don McGinley (Forward | Bishop McDevitt)
#34 Fran Gillespie (Forward | Bishop McDevitt)
#42 Chris Carrao (Center | Upper Perkiomen)
#44 Dane Coleman (Center | Central)

Head Coach: Dick Wiseman
Assistant Coach: Bob Barton

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