Zion Williamson scored 36 points last night but Damian Lilliard had 43 and 16 assists as the Trail Blazers topped the Pelicans 126 to 124 last night. Lillard scored 11 points in the fourth quarter including a go-ahead three-point play with 16 seconds left. New Orleans also lost starting center Steven Adams to a right ankle injury. The Pels will host the Suns tomorrow.

The LSU men’s basketball team scheduled game against Ole Miss today has been postponed because of the winter weather. No make-up date, so the Tigers next game is Saturday versus Auburn at 3 PM.

The Ragin Cajuns men’s basketball weekend series against U-T Arlington has been postponed. The two-game series was set to begin Friday in the Cajundome.

Louisiana Tech’s two-game series against Middle Tennessee has been moved back a day and will now start on Saturday and conclude on Sunday.

As a result of travel issues because of the winter weather, LSU’s 2021 baseball season will not start until Saturday when they host Air Force at 1 PM. They will host Notre Dame at noon on Sunday and then Louisiana Tech on Monday night. The Bulldogs will open their season on Saturday at 5 PM against Notre Dame and then face Air Force at 4:00 and then LSU on Monday night.

The cold weather has also prompted Tulane and the Ragin Cajuns to move up their season opener on Friday from 6 PM to 2 PM.

The start of Northwestern State’s opening series versus Southern Miss has been moved back one day to Saturday as the two teams will play a doubleheader in Hattiesburg at noon. The series will conclude Sunday at 1 PM. Southeastern Louisiana is doing the same thing with its opening series in Hammond versus Mississippi Valley State.

The SWAC has determined that Alcorn State will have to forfeit the six games they were scheduled to play during the upcoming spring season. So that means Southern will get credited with a win for a game that they had scheduled with Alcorn on March 27th. Also instead of Alcorn hosting Southern in the fall, they will now travel to Mumford Stadium.