6:45 LRN Sportscast

Over the past two days, LSU baseball has been teeing off on Central Connecticut State pitching. The ten and one Tigers blanked the Blue Devils 13 to nothing yesterday after beating them 26 to 4 on Saturday. Both games lasted just seven innings. Cade Beloso hit a two run homer yesterday and Dylan Crews had a two-run double. Tonight, the Tigers host Butler who they beat 12 to 2 on Friday.

Louisiana Tech trailed the Northwestern Wildcats nine to three in the second inning yesterday and came back to win 16 to 9 to complete a three-game sweep. Phillip Matulaia had four hits and drove in four runs.

In other action yesterday, the Ragin Cajuns doubled up Campbell 14 to 7 to salvage one game from the series. ULM was swept by U-I-W. Nicholls defeated Memphis nine to two, Northwestern State fell to U-T Arlington five to two, McNeese over George Washington seven to six and Jacksonville upended Southeastern six to four.

The Ragin Cajuns men’s basketball team will play for a Sun Belt Tournament Championship tonight and an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. Second-seeded U-L Lafayette defeated 11th seeded Texas State 64-58 last night as Jordan Brown scored 18 points. The Cajuns will play eighth seeded South Alabama tonight. The Jaguars defeated James Madison 75-66.

The Southland Conference Tournament tipped off last night in Lake Charles with an upset as eighth seeded McNeese defeated fifth seeded Texas A-and-M Commerce 79-78. The Cowboys will play Nicholls today at 5 PM. Also last night, seventh seeded UNO advanced to the quarterfinals with a 90-69 win over Houston Christian. Jordan Johnson hit five three-pointers and scored 29 points for the Privateers.

Tonight, the Pelicans close out a three-game road trip by visiting the Sacramento Kings. The Pels are in ninth place in the Western Conference with a 31-33 record. The Kings are in third place at 37 and 26.