The Pelicans improved to 2-and-2 on their five-game road trip last night as they defeated the Detroit Pistons 116 to 110. Huge game for Lithuanian center Jonas Valanciunas, who had 33 points on 12 of 15 shooting and also grabbed 16 rebounds. Coach Willie Green on Valancinuas’ big game…
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The Pelicans conclude this road trip in Cleveland when they play the Cavaliers on Monday afternoon.

The LSU men’s basketball team looks to snap a three-game losing streak when they visit fourth ranked Alabama today. Tip time is at 3 PM. The Ragin Cajuns look for their fourth straight win as they are at South Alabama. That’s also a 3 PM tip.

La Tech hosts UAB, Texas State is at ULM, Northwestern State visits Nicholls, Grambling is at Southern.

Seimone Augustus is considered the greatest women’s basketball player from Louisiana and on Sunday LSU will unveil a statue of the former All-American. It will be located near the Maravich Center. Augustus is the first statue on LSU’s campus of a female-student athlete and Lady Tigers Coach Kim Mulkey pushed for it…
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After the unveiling of the statue, Mulkey’s team will host Auburn. The fifth ranked Lady Tigers will look to improve to 18-0 on the season.

The NFL playoffs get underway this weekend. Tomorrow night the Bengals host their division rivals, Baltimore in an AFC Wildcard match-up. Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow on facing the Ravens for a third time this season…
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Kick-off is at 7:15.