After two dramatic comebacks, Jared Poche’ set out to give the now-famous rally possum an evening off. This earned LSU a well-deserved Friday off in Hoover. Poche’ stalled top-seeded Mississippi State over 6.2 innings to lead LSU to a 6-2 victory and earn a bye into Saturday’s SEC Tournament semifinals.

Louisiana Tech avoided elimination in the Conference USA Tournament with a 13-3 win over Charlotte. The Bulldogs had a season-high 18 hits and Tech has now scored at least 10 runs in four of the last five games. Casey Sutton threw his third complete game of the season. The Bulldogs play again this afternoon in Hattiesburg.

UNO eliminated Northwestern State from the Southland Tournament as the Privateers took advantage of four Demon errors to score five unearned runs. Northwestern ends its season with a 33-24 record.

Second-seeded Southeastern broke through in the final two innings and pulled out a 10-0 victory over the sixth-seed McNeese in the second round of the 2016 Southland Conference Tournament. With the loss, McNeese must now win out the rest of the way for a chance at the conference tournament championship beginning with UNO. Southeastern continues in the winner’s bracket after improving to 38-18 on the season.

UL-Lafayette did not play Thursday against Texas State, thanks to a nearly three-hour weather delay in the afternoon game between Arkansas State and Troy, followed by another lengthy delay in the following game between UT-Arlington and Georgia Southern.

The UTA-Georgia Southern game was suspended because of lightning. That game will resume at 9 a.m. The Cajuns and Bobcats will play 45 minutes after the UTA-Georgia Southern game or at 11:30 a.m., whichever is later.