LRN PM Sportscast 4:45

The Pelicans are off today after pulling off a stunning 24-point come from behind win over the Celtics yesterday. That’s the largest comeback victory in franchise history. Brandon Ingram had 33 points in the 120 to 115 overtime win. New Orleans hosts Detroit on Wednesday.

The LSU men’s basketball team takes a three-game winning streak into Athens tomorrow where they’ll face the Georgia Bulldogs. Coach Will Wade says it will be difficult to beat the Bulldogs on their home floor…
cut 18 (18) “…ready to go”

In action tonight, Northwestern State hosts Houston Baptist, while Southeastern Louisiana is at Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi.

LSU faces Louisiana Tech at 5 PM today at Alex Box Stadium. The Bulldogs won their season opener yesterday at the Box, blasting Air Force 18-1. Taylor Young hit two home runs and drove in four runs. Jonathan Fincher struck out ten over five innings.

Before that game, the Tigers fell to Air Force six to five. Air Force scored three runs in the ninth as Ty Floyd and Aaron George each walked two hitters. But before that inning, freshman third baseman Will Hellmers committed three errors at the hot corner…
cut 19 (20) “….didn’t make”

In the latest F-C-S Top 25 college football poll, Nicholls is ranked ninth, Southeastern Louisiana 18th and McNeese is number 19.