LSU right-hander Landon Marceaux struck out a career-high 12 hitters as the Tigers took game one of their series with South Carolina by beating the Gamecocks five to one last night. The Bayou Bengals improve to four and nine in the SEC.

13th ranked Louisiana Tech begins its big four-game Conference USA series tonight against Southern Miss. The Bulldogs are 10-and-2 in league play and lead the West Division, while the Golden Eagles are eight and three.

The Ragin Cajuns series at South Alabama has been moved back a day because of the weather. It will now start tomorrow and end on Monday.

LSU’s leading scorer from last season, freshman guard Cam Thomas has declared for the NBA draft, joining Trendon Watford, Javonte Smart and Darius Days, who are also entering the draft. Men’s basketball coach Will Wade says he’s looking at the transfer portal to fill the big holes on his roster…
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The LSU spring football game is tomorrow at noon. While the spring game doesn’t count in the win/loss column, head coach Ed Orgeron says he wants his team to be competitive.
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Orgeron says Max Johnson will take the first snaps with the first-team offense, but he says the battle for starting quarterback is far from decided.

Johnson’s younger brother gave his verbal pledge to the Tigers. Jake Johnson, who is rated as the nation’s number one tight end in the class oo 2022, announced his commitment yesterday afternoon. He’s six-foot-five, 210 pounds and gives LSU 12 commitments in the Class of 2022.

Tomorrow is the Bayou Classic between Southern and Grambling at Independence Stadium in Shreveport. Grambling hasn’t played in a month because of COVID cases within the football program. The Tigers are expected to be short-handed, as several players will play because of COVID protocol.