It was a frigid night across the state that saw some incredibly close games in the Louisiana high school football playoffs, along with some shocking upsets. In 4A, Helen Cox takes down North Desoto 19-14. In 2A, Frankling beats Red River 16-13, and Independence beats Pine 36-32
In college basketball, number 23 LSU beats the UNC Greensboro Spartans 97-91 to start off a year with March Madness intentions 2 and 0. Forward Naz Reid scored 29, and grabbed 7 rebounds, while Guard Tremont Waters dropped 21 points and dished out 10 assists. The Tigers next game is against Memphis on Tuesday at 6pm.
And UL Lafayette got hammered last night by the number 6 ranked Vols 87-65, to begin the year 1 and 1. The Ragin Cajuns top player was Jakeenan Gant, who managed 18 points and 6 assists. Schedule doesn’t get any easier as Lafayette has to take on number one ranked Kansas next Friday at 7pm.
LSU will face an Arkansas team today that has just two wins. Tigers Coach Ed Orgeron is eager to see how his team bounces back from the Alabama loss…
Cut 14 (08) “very good offense.”
If LSU wins its remaining three remaining games they’ll likely play in one of the New Year’s Six bowl games. Orgeron says winning 10 games is the goal…
The hype is not as high as it was last weekend when the Tigers and Saints hosted a pair of undefeated football teams, but it’s still a big weekend for the LSU and New Orleans. The Black and Gold are at Cincinnati and defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins says they better be ready for the 5-and-3 Bengals…
In the Saints win over the Rams last week, they held Rams superstar running back Todd Gurley to 68 yards rushing. They’ll need another game like that against the Bengal’s Joe Mixon.