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LSU baseball will host Vanderbilt tonight in game two of a three-game series at 8 p.m.  The Tigers fell to the Commodores 13-1 last night.  Jaden Hill will be on the mound tonight for the Tigers and Jack Leiter will get the start for Vandy.

After a 9-5 victory for the Ragin Cajuns on the diamond last night, they will once again face off against ULM tonight at 6 before wrapping up the series tomorrow at 2 p.m.

Nicholls State will play game two of a three-game series tonight when they host UT Martin.  The Colonels got the win last night in game one 2-1 in 11 innings.

The New Orleans Pelicans will be on the road tonight against the Atlanta Hawks.  The Pels are coming off a 115-110 overtime loss to Orlando.  Tipoff is at 6:30.

During spring practice LSU defensive back Jay Ward has received a lot of praise from Coach Ed Orgeron as he’s made a change from cornerback and safety.  Defensive coordinator Daronte Jones says he likes the move to safety…

Cut 17 (15) “so far”

Tomorrow, Southeastern hosts Lamar and Nicholls visits McNeese at noon.

Also, Southern will be on the road to take on coach Deion Sanders and Jackson State tomorrow at 4 p.m.  The game will be broadcasted on ESPN.  Both the Jaguars and Tigers have a 2-1 record heading into the matchup.

A rule proposal in the NFL would allow defensive backs, linebacker, and running backs to wear single-digit jersey numbers.  This means that if the rule is approved, we could potentially see former LSU running back Leonard Fournette back in number 7, the same number he wore in Baton Rouge.  Fournette expressed his desire to move back to his old number.