LSU right fielder Jake Brown drove in six runs as the Tigers avoided the sweep at Vanderbilt, beating the Commodores 16 to 9.
ULM started Sun Belt play by sweeping Texas State. The Cajuns won a series over South Alabama. Louisiana Tech swept Delaware.
Three Louisiana basketball teams are in the NCAA Tournament, two on the women’s side.
The Lady Tigers are a two-seed in NCAA Tournament and will play Jacksonville on Friday. Southern women’s basketball faces Sanford on Thursday night.
The Twelfth-seeded McNeese men’s basketball team is headed to Oklahoma City to play Vanderbilt on Thursday at 2:15. It’s the third straight year the Pokes have made it to the Big Dance and senior guard D-J Richards has been part of it each season…
Cut 17 (09) “….a regular game”
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The Sun Belt and Conference USA have released football schedules for 2026 that feature Louisiana Tech. The Bulldogs would like to join the Sun Belt on July 1st, but Dave Schultz, host of the Locked on Sun Belt Podcast, says Tech missed a deadline to depart CUSA….
Cut 10 (07) “..over their head”
The U-L System has filed a lawsuit in an effort to get Tech in the Sun Belt for the 2026-27 athletic season.
At the boys basketball championships…Marksville won its second state title in three years, beating the Madison Jaguars 66-45. Armonii Benjamin was the Most Valuable Player with 21 points and hit five three pointers…
Paul Skenes was winning the pitcher as the U.S. defeated the Dominican Republic two to one to advance to the WBC Championship game.