The LSU men’s basketball team will host Auburn in Baton Rouge on Saturday at 3 p.m. While Auburn sits at 11-11 on the season, they’ve played well lately led by point guard Sharife Cooper. Auburn has a great transition offense and Wade says his team will need to be ready to defend after made baskets in order to slow them down.
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The ULM-Little Rock men’s and women’s basketball doubleheaders is scheduled for Sunday the 21st and
Monday the 22th in Monroe. The games were pushed back due to winter storms that impacted travel. Tip-off times are the same for both days, with the women playing at 1 p.m. followed by the men at 4. General admission tickets are priced at 10 dollars for each doubleheader and are available through the ULM ticket office in the Fant-Ewing Coliseum.
Due to ongoing travel restrictions brought on by this week’s weather conditions, both basketball series for Louisiana Tech versus Middle Tennessee have been postponed.
The Nicholls State Colonels will begin their 2021 spring football season tonight as they host Lincoln University of Missouri at 6 p.m. Nicholls will be looking to improve its 22-26 all-time record in season openers after a loss at Kansas State in 2019. Coming off of two-straight Southland Conference championships, Nicholls was picked to repeat as champs in the spring season.
The Northwestern State football team has not played a game in 457 days and now the Demons will have to wait even longer, as Saturday’s season opener against Lamar has been postponed because of snow and ice-covered roads in Louisiana and Texas. The game has been rescheduled for March 27th. The Demons will now open the spring season against Nicholls on March 6th.
LSU baseball will begin the 2021 season tomorrow as they host Air Force in Alex Box stadium. The Tigers will play Air Force again on Sunday before taking on Louisiana Tech on Monday to close out the weekend series. The weekend tournament originally included Notre Dame but a Covid-19 outbreak forced the Fighting Irish to stay home. The series was also pushed back a day due to the winter storm that impacted the area.