4:45 LRN Sporscast

The LSU women’s basketball team takes on Auburn today in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament. The Lady Tigers lost to Auburn on the Plains in January but beat the War Eagles at home last month. SEC Freshman of the Year Mikayla Williams is questionable for the tournament with a foot injury.

The Ragin Cajuns men’s basketball team has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Tournament after beating Coastal Carolina 80 to 66 yesterday. U-L Lafayette will play Arkansas State tomorrow afternoon.

Louisiana Tech will not win a Conference USA regular season championship as they lost to Sam Houston for a second time this season last night, 72 to 66. The Bulldogs will conclude the regular season on Saturday against Middle Tennessee.

The second ranked LSU baseball team hosts Xavier this weekend. It’s the final non-conference three game series of the year. Louisiana Tech hosts Southern Miss, Tulane is at U-L Lafayette.

Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu has signed a two-year deal that will pay him 13-million dollars through the 2025 season. Mathieu was selected by the Saints as their nominee for the 2023 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year for his community service work. He’s also playing at a high level. In his two seasons in New Orleans, he’s started all 34 games and intercepted seven passes. But he wants to lead the Black and Gold to the playoffs
Cut 14 (12) “..opportunity”

LSU will have to figure out how to run the football without Jayden Daniels accounting for over one-thousand yards on the ground. Coach Brian Kelly says they’ll be asking their veteran and athletic offensive line to do more…
cut 19 (16) “….wider front”