The Pelicans take on the Thunder tonight in the final game before the All-Star break. All-Star forward Brandon Ingram is questionable with a right ankle sprain. He’s missed the last two games, but New Orleans still won. Memphis won again last night, beating Portland 111 to 104, so the Pels are five games back of the Grizzlies for the final playoff spot in the West.

Last night, Auburn beat Alabama 95-91 in overtime to move into a three-way tie with LSU and Kentucky for first place in the SEC. The Crimson Tide hit an SEC-record 22 three-pointers in the loss.

Nicholls won its fourth straight home game last night as the Colonels defeated Lamar 69-65. Dexter Mclanahan led the way with 19 points.

Northwestern State won its third straight, a 70-60 victory over Incarnate Word. The Demons host McNeese Saturday. Southeastern Louisiana lost its fifth straight as Sam Houston slammed the Lions 79-70.

Louisiana Tech men’s basketball looks to end its first two-game losing streak of the season tonight when the Bulldogs host F-I-U at the Thomas Assembly Center at 6:30. Coach Eric Konkol’s team dropped two games on the road last week to Western Kentucky on Thursday and Marshall on Saturday…
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Tech’s record in Conference USA play fell to 8-and-4 after the two losses. They are in a three-way tie for third place and one of the teams they are tied with is F-I-U.

ULM will look to snap a 10-game losing streak tonight as the Warhawks take on Troy at Trojan Arena. The Warhawks also have lost 10 road games in a row.

The Ragin Cajuns are in Mobile to take on South Alabama. The Jaguars won the first meeting between these two teams earlier this season.