Larry Lembo graduated as Manhattan’s all-time leading scorer (1,443), a distinction he held for 13 years. Lembo’s career scoring average of 21.9 points per game is second-best in program history and his 1,443 career points are currently the ninth-most in program history. He averaged a school-record 25.7 points per game in 1963-64, then tallied 23.5 points per contest during the 1964-65 season. 

The Jaspers reached the quarterfinals of the NIT in 1964-65, after they defeated Texas Western in the first round. Lembo was selected by the New York Knicks in the fourth round of the 1965 NBA Draft before going on to a distinguished career as a college basketball official. He went on to work four NCAA Final Fours as a referee (1980, 1983, 1988, 1989). Lembo was inducted into the Manhattan College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985.