18th ranked LSU baseball begins a three-game series tonight against 5th ranked Arkansas. Coach Paul Mainieri says Zack Hess will be in the bullpen and the weekend starting rotation consists of Ma’Khail Hilliard, Eric Walker and Landon Marceaux. The Tigers have lost three in a row and they are on the bubble when it comes to hosting a regional. Walker says their confidence remains high…
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First pitch tonight is at 6:30.

Last night, McNeese scored three runs in the seventh inning to beat Prairie View 4-1. Nate Fisbeck’s two-run double was the key hit in 7th inning rally. The Cowboys will host Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi tomorrow night.

The recruiting middleman that was at the center of LSU basketball coach Will Wade’s FBI wiretap scandal has been convicted in the NCAA corruption trial. A federal jury in New York found aspiring agent Christian Dawkins and youth basketball coach Merl Code guilty of bribing coaches They will be sentenced at a later date. Purported FBI wiretaps revealed in October and in March allegedly had Dawkins and Wade discussing possible payoffs for recruits.

Two of the six LSU basketball players who entered the NBA draft process have been invited to participate in next week’s NBA draft combine. Point guard Tremont Waters and Forward Naz Reid are among the 66 players invited to work in front of coaches and scouts from all 30 teams.