11:40 LRN Sportscast

The fifth-ranked LSU women’s basketball team is off to an 0-2 start in SEC play for the first time under head coach Kim Mulkey. The Lady Tigers followed up a two-point loss to 11th-ranked Kentucky with a 65-61 loss to 12th-ranked Vanderbilt. Coach Kim Mulkey has questioned her team’s toughness after both losses…

Cut 19 (10) “…different times.”

Also yesterday, Louisiana Tech men lost to Western Kentucky 66 to 61. The Pelicans lost their seventh straight, falling to Miami 125 to 106.

In action tonight.. Nicholls looks to stay undefeated in Southland play as the Colonels host Northwestern State. Stephne F Austin is also 5-0 in Southland play and the Lumberjacks are at McNeese.

LSU football is reportedly hosting former Arizona State Q-B Sam Leavitt. The Tigers received a commitment from Hawaii receiver Jackson Harris.

The Saints’ season ended with a hard-fought 19-17 loss to Atlanta. New Orleans finishes with a 6-11 record and it’s the fifth straight year they’ve missed the playoffs. But there’s a lot of optimism about what next year will bring. That’s because of rookie quarterback Tyler Shough, who led the team to a four-game winning streak that ended with the loss to the Falcons. Linebacker Demario Davis believes the Saints have their Q-B 1…

Cut 16 (24) “…trust.”

Shough finished the year throwing for 23-hundred yards, ten touchdowns and six interceptions.  And the Saints will have the eighth pick in the first round and wide receiver will be a priority for New Orleans.