4:45 LRN Sportscast April 13

Because of the stormy weather in Baton Rouge, there will be no LSU baseball game tonight against Grambling. The Tigers were hoping to build momentum heading into their upcoming series against South Carolina, which will start Thursday night at Alex Box Stadium.

LSU started swinging the bats better this past weekend at Kentucky. Cade Beloso broke out of his season-long slump with five hits. Coach Paul Mainieri knew Beloso would catch fire…
cut 17 (16) “….such a rutt”

Louisiana Tech starting pitcher Jonathan Fincher has been named Conference USA’s Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season. He threw his second complete-game shutout of the season on Friday in a win over Rice. Fincher now has an ERA of 1.35. Tech will host Southern Miss this weekend.

Ragin Cajuns pitcher Connor Cooke has been named Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week. Cooke had a great outing against Arkansas State on Saturday as he threw a two-hit, complete-game shutout including 12 strikeouts and no walks.

In U-L Lafayette men’s basketball news…St. Thomas More All-State Guard Carter Domingue as committed to the Cajuns.

Southeastern Louisiana right-hander Brennan Stuprich earned Southland Conference Player of the Week honors after tossing eight shutout innings in his last start, Stuprich struck out eight Abilene Christian batters in route to a 7-0 victory.

The Lions football team is ranked 17th in the latest FCS Top 25 poll after beating Nicholls in the River Bell Classic. S-L-U has another Top 25 match-up this Saturday as they’ll visit 18th ranked Southern Illinois at noon.

Nicholls fell to 21st in the poll as the Colonels finished the spring season with a four and three record.