The LSU baseball team got 21 hits as the top ranked Tigers defeated Arkansas 16-3 last night in Fayetteville. This improves LSU to 20-3 overall and 3-2 in the SEC while Arkansas drops to 11-10 and 1-4. The teams conclude the series at 2 p.m.

The Pelicans lost ground in their bid to secure the 8th and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. New Orleans lost to the Golden State Warriors 112-96 Friday night for the second consecutive loss.

Today the LSU football team will go through their second scrimmage of the spring in Tiger Stadium. This will put the Tigers at the halfway point for its spring drills. After today the Bayou Bengals will practice three times next week which also includes a scrimmage next Saturday in Tiger Stadium. Spring drills wrap up April 18th and at 1pm in Death Valley the annual National L-Club Spring Game will take place.

In other college baseball action, Louisiana Tech Senior Phil Maton struck out a career-high 12 batters and held Southern Miss hitless in seven of his eight innings on the mound as The Bulldogs defeated the Golden Eagles, 2-1, in a pitcher’s duel after scoring the winning run on a wild pitch in the ninth to tie the series at 1-1.

McNeese Baseball fell to ACU 5-0.

The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team fell victim to its third straight one-run loss on Friday night losing to Georgia State 7-6 in 10 innings in the series opener at the GSU Baseball Complex.

ULM surrendered runs in three different innings and Appalachian State claimed a 7-0 win in the series opener Friday night at Smith Stadium.

The Nicholls State University baseball team had no answers for Sam Houston State on Friday afternoon, dropping consecutive games in a Friday doubleheader at Don Sanders Stadium. The Bearkats ran away with a 6-1 victory.