Trailing by five going into the fourth quarter, Baton Rouge’s University High went on a 18-1 run on their way to winning the girls’ Class 3-A state championship with a 52-42 victory over Mansfield. The Cubs were lead by championship game MVP Alanie Fisher’s 21 points. This is U-HIgh’s second straight state girls’ basketball championship.

Also at the Girls’ Top 28 in Lake Charles, Lacassine topped Stanley, 54-43, to capture the Class B championship. This was the fourth straight finals appearance for the Lady Cards and their first championship in that time frame.

And in the Class C state championship game, Summerfield outlasted Pleasant Hill 31-26 in overtime.

There are four more state championship games on the slate tonight in Burton Coliseum.

In Class 1-A, Lebeau’s North Central takes on Vermilion Catholic.

The 2-A championship game sees Pickering facing North Caddo.

New Orleans’ Warren Eason and Salmen go at it for the Class 4-A title.

And in Class 5-A, Ponchatoula faces Walker.

In the NBA, the Pelicans lost to the Celtics 104-98. Anthony Davis lead all scorers with 29 and Eric Gordon added 20 for the Pels. The Pelicans hope to rebound tonight as they host the Memphis Grizzlies.

In college baseball, the second ranked LSU Tigers beat number eight Houston 4-2. Jared Poche’ picked up the win giving up only four hits. LSU has won 10 in a row and will take on Baylor this afternoon.

In Sun Belt Conference play, it was UL-Lafayette over Troy 6-5 in 11 innings and Texas Stated edged ULM 4-3.

It was a busy day in the Southland Conference. Southeastern Louisiana topped Incarnate Word 5-3, Northwestern State defeated Lamar 4-2, Abilene Christian beat Nicholls State 3-2, Sam Houston State crushed UNO 12-4, and McNeese split a double-header with Houston Baptist: The Cowboys won game 1, 2-1, and fell in the second game 4-3.