4:45 LRN Sportscast February 12

The Pelicans continue their Mardi Gras road trip tonight in Dallas where they’ll visit the Mavericks, who have won three in a row. New Orleans has won four of its last five. Both teams are two games below the .500 mark.

La Tech hosts U-A-B tonight. The Blazers bring a six-game winning streak into Ruston and they are one of the top defensive teams in the country. Bulldogs Coach Eric Konkol says getting into the paint will be a key…
cut 17 (14) “…in there”
Tip-off is at 6 PM and the same two teams will play tomorrow at 3.

LSU will host 16th ranked Tennessee at 1 PM tomorrow. ULM looks to complete a two-game sweep when they host the Ragin Cajuns on Saturday at 4 PM. The Warhawks snapped a ten-game losing streak by beating U-L Lafayette 72-66 last night.

LSU baseball is picked to finish fourth in the SEC West in a preseason poll of the league’s coaches. The Tigers look to have a strong weekend rotation with Jaden Hill, Landon Marceaux and A-J Labas. Coach Paul Mainieri on what he likes about Labas….
cut 27 (27) “…about him”
The season opener is a week from today against Air Force.

McNeese football kicks-off its spring season tomorrow night against Tarleton State at 6 PM. It’s been 448 days since the Cowboys’ last football game. During that time the program battled a global pandemic and two hurricanes that left the team without any facilities to hold workouts or conditioning for five months.