11:40 LRN Sportscast

LSU Senior guard Skylar Mays has been named to the coaches’ first-team All-SEC team. Mays leads the Tigers in scoring averaging 17 points a game and second on the team in assists. Mays has also been named Scholar-Athlete of the Year as he owns a 3.9 GPA while studying to be a doctor. LSU’s Trendon Watford is on the All-SEC Freshman team. Watford averages 14 points and seven rebounds a game.

The Tigers leave tomorrow for the SEC Tournament in Nashville, even though they will not play until Friday night against either Vanderbilt, Arkansas or South Carolina. The league office says they expect to play the tourney as scheduled despite concerns over the coronavirus.

The SWAC Tournament starts today with games at campus sites. Southern is a two-seed and will host Alabama State. Gambling is the sixth seed and the Tigers are at Texas Southern.

The Cajuns season ended last night with an 82-81 loss to Georgia Southern in the second round of the Sun Belt Tournament.

Louisiana Tech is the three-seed in the Conference USA Tournament and the Bulldogs will play either Marshall or UTEP in Frisco, Texas on Thursday. The Thundering Herd have won six of their last eight, while the Miners have won four in a row. Marshall and UTEP play on Wednesday.

In college baseball…ULM hosts eighth-ranked Ole Miss for a two-game mid-week series at Warhawk Field. The Rebels, who open SEC play against LSU this weekend, is 14-and-1 on the season. The Warhawks are also playing well, as they are 12-and-3. First pitch tonight is at six o’clock.

McNeese lost two of three to ULM this past weekend. Tonight, the Cowboys host the Ragin Cajuns. Before the game, they’ll rename the Pokes bullpen after the late Tony Robichaux, who coached for both teams.

Also tonight, Louisiana Tech hosts Southeastern Louisiana at Ruston High, Nicholls hosts Mississippi Valley, Northwestern State is at Grambling.