Jordan Thompson’s three-run homer in the fifth inning broke a four-four tie in the fifth inning and the top ranked Tigers went on to beat Central Arkansas ten to four last night. ULM beat Louisiana Tech at home for the first time since 2007 with a ten to six win. Kade Dupont drove in four runs. Julian Brock blasted two home runs in the fifth inning, including a grand slam, as the Cajuns defeated Grambling 13 to one.

The LSU football program has re-started spring football after taking a week off for spring break. It’s year number two for Coach Brian Kelly and he believes his team is in much better shape depth wise and he knows his team is bigger, faster and stronger. He says only one player ran faster than 20 miles per hour at the second spring practice last year, this year the number is nine…
Cut 16 (16) “…faster, stronger”

The sports world is mourning the death of Willis Reed, the former two time NBA champion of the New York Knicks and Louisiana legend. Reed played basketball at Grambling State winning three SWAC titles and a NAIA national championship in 1961. After scoring 2,280 career points at Grambling, he was selected as the eighth overall pick in the 1964 NBA draft. Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Chairman Doug Ireland says Reed had incredible talent and his legacy will live forever.
Cut 8 (08) “…world champion.”
Grambling retired his jersey in 2022.

The Pelicans easily defeated the short-handed Spurs 119 to 84 last night as Brandon Ingram had 32 points. With ten games left in the season, New Orleans is a half-game back for tenth place in the West, the final spot in the play-in tournament.