The fourth ranked LSU baseball took two of three from Auburn this past weekend. The Tigers lost for just the sixth time all season on Saturday, but rebounded with a six-to-two win on Sunday to avoid their first two-game losing streak of the season. Coach Paul Mainieri on bouncing back from a loss on Saturday…

cut 16 (16) “certainly did”

The Tigers will host Lamar Wednesday night before hitting the road to Athens for a weekend SEC series against Georgia.

The Pels’ defense held James Harden scoreless in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t quite enough as Houston defeated New Orleans 121-114. Harden lead all scorers with 30 and Anthony Davis lead the Pelicans with 27. Jrue Holiday came off the bench to add 17. Despite the loss, New Orleans remains in a tie with Oklahoma City for the last playoff spot in the Western Conference after the Thunder lost to the Pacers 116-104.

In college baseball action, Tulane avoided a sweep of Houston after a 3-1 victory over the Cougars.

Louisiana Tech dropped two out of three to Middle Tennessee State in Conference USA action.

In the Southland, Northwestern State swept three from UNO, McNeese State took two out of three against Lamar, Nicholls State won two of three against Central Arkansas this weekend, and Southeastern Louisiana dropped two out of three in Salt Lake City against Utah. Southeastern remains atop the Conference standings, followed closely by Northwestern State and McNeese.

In Sun Belt action, ULM was swept by league leading Georgia State and UL-Lafayette took three this weekend from Jackson State.

James Hinchcliffe is the inaugural winner of the Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana in Avondale. A rainy day at NOLA Motorsports Park saw the race being called after 47 laps of a scheduled 75. 20 of the last 26 laps were raced under caution due to rain.