After a health scare in August, LSU special assistant Ed Orgeron is back on the sideline with the Tigers. Coach O missed the first couple games of the season but traveled with the team to Kentucky and again to Auburn this past weekend. Coach Lane Kiffin said his first game back in Tiger Stadium fully recovered and with the team was against Mississippi State.

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The Tigers are on a bye this week as they prepare to host Alabama for a 2:30 kickoff in Tiger Stadium next Saturday.

2023 LSU women’s basketball national champion Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream face an elimination game in the WNBA Finals tomorrow. After three straight double-doubles to start the series versus the Golden State Valkyries, Reese has scored just 15 points over the last two games. Golden State now leads the series three to two, and Game 6 will tip off in Atlanta’s State Farm Arena at 11:30 tomorrow.

The Pelicans host the Nuggets tonight. New Orleans is 0-and-3 to start head coach Jamahl Mosley’s first season but has lost by a combined ten total points. Point guard Dejounte Murray says it is tough to start the season that way but it shows that the team is competitive.

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Tip-off in the Smoothie King Center is at 7.

UL Lafayette women’s basketball coach Garry Brodhead announced forward Ndioba Lo will miss the season with a torn ACL. The 6-3 freshman from Senegal is a promising young talent and scored 15 points in 13 minutes in the Cajuns’ exhibition against LSU-A. The Cajuns tip off the season on Tuesday against Xavier.

The LSU women’s basketball team has its second exhibition game tomorrow night against Loyola New Orleans. They tip off the regular season on Monday against Southeastern Louisiana.