Rough night for LSU baseball on Friday as they fell to Arkansas nine to three. The Tigers had zero extra base hits and starting pitcher Alex Lange couldn’t get past the fifth inning. Lange only gave up two earned runs, but had to throw a lot of pitches, as Arkansas loaded the bases in the first three innings. While the Razorbacks left 13 runners on base, they hit three home runs. LSU is now 5-5 in the SEC and three games back of the Hogs, who are in first place in the SEC West. Game two of the series is at 6 PM.

The Ragin Cajuns won a pitcher’s duel as UL Lafayette blanked Coastal Carolina 1-0. Gunner Leger pitched seven innings for his sixth win. Dylan Moore earned his seventh save. Kennon Fontenot supplied the offense with a solo home run in the 2nd inning.

Meanwhile, South Alabama clobbered ULM 14-2, Tulane trounced Cincinnati 16-8.

McNeese improved to 11-2 in the Southland with a seven to four win over Abilene Christian. Austin Nelson and Shane Selman homered for the Cowboys. Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi edged Southeastern Louisiana three to two, Stephen F Austin defeated Northwestern State seven to two, Sam Houston over Nicholls eight to three and UNO blanked Lamar two to nothing. Shane Semple struck out nine in eight innings to get the win.

Marshall Boggs three-run home run in the seventh inning snapped a three-three tie and Louisiana Tech went on to beat Rice six to four. And Grambling beat Arkansas Pine Bluff four to three.

Louisiana Tech junior guard Jacobi Boykins has declared for the NBA draft. The shooting guard averaged nearly 15 points a game last season and set a school record with 89 made three-pointers.

Denver had a huge third quarter and defeated the Pelicans 122 to 106. Anthony Davis had 25 points.