Former University High in Baton Rouge golfer Patrick Reed is the owner of a Green Jacket as he outlasted Rickie Fowler by one stroke to win his first Masters. It’s also the first major for the 27-year-old, who finished the tournament 15-under par. The San Antonio native now has six wins on the P-G-A Tour and he takes home one-point-nine million dollars for winning the Masters.
Two games left in the season for the Pelicans and they can finish anywhere from 4th in the Western Conference to out of the playoffs. New Orleans faces the Los Angeles Clippers tonight, who have been eliminated from the postseason. Currently, the Pels are in a three-way tie for fifth place with Oklahoma City and San Antonio. The Spurs are in the Big Easy Wednesday for the regular season finale.
After four weekends of SEC play, LSU is in third place in the Western division, two games back of division leader Arkansas. The Tigers lost two of three from Texas A-and-M, while the 8th ranked Razorbacks swept a series from 15th Auburn.
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Louisiana Tech’s Hunter Wells hit for the cycle in yesterday’s 13-0 run-rule victory over U-T-S-A. Wells crushed a three-run home run to complete the cycle. The 22nd ranked Bulldogs scored plenty of enough runs for Logan Bailey, who threw seven shutout innings. Tech took two of three from the Roadrunners and they are now 9-3 in Conference USA play.
Turner Francis hit a two-run home run in the 8th inning and ULM edged Texas State three to two. Cole Gray was the winning pitcher in relief. The Warhawks are 6-6 in the Sun Belt.
The Cajuns fell to 5-7 in league play after losing four to two in 10 innings to U-T Arlington. Daniel Lahare had four hits in a losing effort.
Elsewhere….Nicholls split a doubleheader with Sam Houston State, Northwestern State split a doubleheader with Stephen F Austin. UNO swept Lamar in a double dip, McNeese defeated Abilene Christi six to two, Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi crushed Southeastern Louisiana 13-7. Grambling lost to Prairie view 8-7 and Tulane fell to Wichita State 8-2.