This Day in Sports History
January 17, 2004
Delonte West leads St. Joseph’s to an 81-73 victory over Xavier in Cincinnati. West, a junior guard and silky-smooth left-handed shooter, hits 9-for-9 from two-point range, 3-for-3 on treys and 6-for-6 from the foul line for a career-high 33 points. The Hawks will complete a perfect regular season (27-0), earning their first-ever No. 1 national ranking, before stumbling to Xavier in the Atlantic-10 tournament and Oklahoma State in the Elite Eight of the NCAA tourney.
B I R T H D A Y S
Jacques Plante b. 1929
Kip Keino b. 1940
Muhammad Ali b. 1942
Chili Davis b. 1960
Jeremy Roenick b. 1970
