The second ranked LSU baseball team broke out of its offensive slump last night with a 15 to 4 win over Sacramento State. LSU scored all of its runs in the first four innings. Jake Brown hit three home runs and drove in six runs and Derek Curiel hit his first home run and had his second straight three-hit performance. Casan Evans struck out nine in five and two-thirds of an inning for the win. Game two is at 2 PM.

The Ragin Cajuns won again last night beating Dallas Baptist six to five. Rigoberto Hernandez homered in the ninth inning to break a five-five tie. Donovan LaSalle and Kasen Bellard also homered for U-L Lafayette.

Nicholls scored five runs in the ninth to beat Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi 11 to 7.

UT Arlington edged ULM four to three. South Alabama beat Louisiana Tech nine to three. McNeese split a doubleheader with HCU, UIW over Northwestern 13 to nine, Southeastern thumped Grambling 13 to 3.

It will be LSU and South Carolina today in the semis of the SEC Tournament. The Tigers steam rolled Oklahoma 112 to 78. The 112 points is the second most in an SEC Tournament game and the 40 points in the fourth quarter is an SEC record. Flau’jae Johnson surpassed 2,000 points in her career. Carolina beat Kentucky 87 to 64 and LSU will try to break its 18-game losing streak to the Gamecocks at 3:30 today.

At the girls high school basketball tournament…Merryville won its first state championship, beating Midland 49-46. Simpson won its second straight as they dribbled past Pleasant Hill 58 to 39. Rosepine won its third title in four years, beating Holy Savior Menard 42 to 34 in OT. Pitkin won its first title since 1995, beating Bell City 51 to 50 and French Settlement wins its first title since 1994 as the Lady Lions downed Westlake 44 to 36.