Zion Williamson tied a career-high with 36 points last night but Portland’s Damien Lilliard scored 43, including seven three-pointers in a 126 to 124 win for the Trail Blazers in New Orleans. Portland hit 18 3s as they recovered in the second half after being outscored by 15 in the second quarter. It was another frustrating night for Pels coach Stan Van Gundy…
cut 28 (18) “….off of him”
The loss drops New Orleans record to 12 and 18 and they will continue their four-game homestand on Friday against Pheonix.

A big trade in the NFL today as the Eagles dealt quarterback Carson Wentz to the Colts for a second and third-round draft pick.

Notre Dame will not travel to LSU for the opening weekend of the baseball series. So that means the Tigers will play Air Force in the season opener on Saturday at 1 PM and then Air Force again on Sunday at noon. Louisiana Tech ends up playing two games in Baton Rouge. The Bulldogs season opener will be Sunday at 4 PM against Air Force and then they’ll take on the Tigers Monday night at 6:30.

The Southland Conference announces all of its football games this spring will be available on ESPN plus. Cox Sports Television will also show three games plus this Friday’s non-conference matchup between Nicholls and Lincoln, Missouri. Also this weekend, Northwestern State will kick-off its spring season by traveling to Lamar in Beaumont, Texas.

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