The third ranked LSU women’s basketball team has been blowing everyone out, but last night they were tested by Arkansas. It was a tight game going down the stretch, but the Lady Tigers prevailed 79-76 as player of the year candidate Angel Reese had a school-record tying 19th straight double-double, 30 points and 19 rebounds. Reese is glad this game was played in the PMAC…
cut 16 (15) “…keep them calm”

In other action last night, the Ragin Cajuns won their fifth straight, as they defeated Arkansas State 80-71 behind 31 points from Jordan Brown. ULM Coach Keith Richard won his 300th game as the Warhawks dribbled past Georgia Southern 72-59. Cobe Williams had 20 points as La Tech defeated Western Kentucky 85-74 in overtime.

LSU football receives a commitment from Oregon State linebacker Omar Speights, who was a first-team Pac 12 selection last season. Speights is from Philadelphia and has started 59 games over the last three seasons and has over 300 tackles. He fills a need at inside linebacker.

This is one of the best weekends of the NFL season as it’s the divisional round of the playoffs. Two games on Saturday and two more on Sunday. On Sunday, Joe Burrow and the Bengals battle the Bills in Buffalo. The two teams met in Week 17 but the game was halted when Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field due to a cardiac arrest. Burrow says, because of the lack of tape, Cincinnati will implement much of the same game plan they had in place three weeks ago…
Cut 18 (14) “…go from there.”
Kick off on Sunday at 2 PM.