4:45 LRN Sportscast

LSU baseball suffered its first loss on Saturday afternoon but bounced back that night to take the series against Omaha. The Mavericks held LSU without a hit until the eighth inning on Saturday in a five-to-four victory in game one of a doubleheader. Coach Jay Johnson…

Cut 19 (12) “…elite team”

The Tigers host Nicholls tonight. The Colonels are 5-and-2 and coming off a sweep of Little Rock. ULM hosts Little Rock tonight. The Warhawks are 4-and-2 and junior outfielder Bryce Blaser is off to a hot start at the plate, 10-for-20 with three extra base hits.

The Saints have reportedly hired New Orleans native Terry Joseph as their defensive backs coach. The graduate of Shaw High School has been an assistant coach in college since 2006. Most recently he was the University of Texas’ defensive passing game coordinator.

The LSU women’s basketball team had its biggest road win of the year on Sunday as the Lady Tigers rallied from 16 down in the second quarter to beat Kentucky 65 to 58. It was win number 750 in Coach Kim Mulkey’s career and she didn’t know that she reached that milestone until after the game…

Cut 18 (20) “….it was 750”

LSU is still ranked 7th in the AP poll, Kentucky is 15th and the Lady Tigers opponent on Thursday, Alabama, is ranked 20th.

McNeese can wrap up a second straight Southland Conference regular season title with a win tonight against U-T Rio Grande Valley. Also tonight, Northwestern State is at Southeastern Louisiana, Nicholls hosts Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi.