Tonight at the Smoothie King Center, the Pelicans will host the Bulls. Nearly a month ago, Chicago beat New Orleans 129-116 and Bulls All Star Zach LaVine had 46 points. He’s been averaging nearly 29 points a game.

The Saints have reportedly restructured defensive tackle David Onyemata’s contract, which will create four-point-three million dollars in cap space. Onyemata signed a three-year, 26 million dollar deal prior to the 2020 season.

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport says the Saints have also discussed with teams the possibility of trading defensive tackle Malcolm Brown, who is entering the final year of three-year, 15-million dollar contract. Rapoport says the Saints would ave five million dollars against the cap if they either traded or released Brown.

With Louisiana moving into phase 3, sporting events can now increase fan capacity to 50 percent. LSU says they plan to do so, once the state fire marshal’s office approves their plans.

The LSU men’s basketball team easily defeated Vanderbilt last night 83-68 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The Tigers improved to 10-6 in the SEC and they clinched a double-bye in the SEC Tournament. Coach Will Wade has already led LSU to an SEC regular-season championship, he would also like an SEC Tournament title too…
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LSU will visit Missouri on Saturday in the regular-season finale

Louisiana Tech takes on Our Lady of the Lake tonight before next week’s Conference USA tournament. Our Lady of the Lake is an N-A-I-A school from San Antonio, Texas. Also, Northwestern State looks to sweep the season series over the Privateers as the two teams meet in New Orleans. Southeastern Louisiana also looks to complete a season series sweep of Central Arkansas when the two teams meet in Conway.