Thrilling win for the LSU Tigers yesterday in the opening game of the Frisco College Baseball Classic as LSU defeated Kansas State eight to five in ten innings. Josh Pearson had the game-winning hit and Daniel Dickinson drove in six runs. Casan Evans earned the win as he pitched two scoreless innings out of the bullpen. The Tigers will take on Nebraska this afternoon at around 4 PM.
ULM scored seven runs in the ninth inning to erase a four-run deficit and then had to hold on to beat Missouri State nine to eight. Jackson Landry’s home run in the ninth inning was the difference in the game.
20th ranked UC Irvine scored three runs in the eighth inning and defeated U-L Lafayette seven to four. Game two of the series is at 3 PM today.
Memphis defeated Louisiana Tech seven to two as the Bulldogs fall to 5-and-4 on the season.
Southland Conference play started on Friday, Southeastern Louisiana downed Northwestern State six to two and McNeese knocked off Nicholls five to one. The Cowboys are now 7-and-1.
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LSU men’s basketball faces another ranked team this afternoon as the Tigers visit 24th ranked Mississippi State. A loss and the Tigers will fall under the .500 mark for the first time this season.
Louisiana Tech will try to return to the five-hundred mark in Conference USA play with a win at Sam Houston.
In the Southland…McNeese is at Lamar, Nicholls visits Stephen F Austin, Southeastern is at Corpus Christi and Northwestern State hosts Houston Christian.
Last night, ULM, UL-Lafayette and the Pelicans all lost. New Orleans saw its three-game winning streak come to an end.
The Sun Belt released its football schedule for 2025. UL Lafayette will open Sun Belt play on September 27th and will host Marshall in a rematch of last season’s conference title game. ULM hosts Arkansas State on September 27th to begin Sun Belt play. The Warhawks and Cajuns close out the regular season in Lafayette.
And second ranked LSU gymnastics posted a score of 198.125 in a win over George Washington at the Raising Cane’s River Center in Baton Rouge.