The Pelicans climbed one step closer to the playoffs with a 100-88 win over Minnesota last night. Anthony Davis lead the way for the Pels with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Eric Gordon and Tyreke Evans each added 22. New Orleans and Oklahoma City still have the same record after the Thunder defeated Portland 101-90. The Pelicans do hold the tiebreaker as both teams head into Wednesday’s regular season finales. A loss by the Thunder to Minnesota or a win will send New Orleans to the playoffs, but it won’t be easy as the Pelicans face defending NBA Champion San Antonio.

In college baseball, LSU is ranked in the top three in all of the major polls and is in a tie for third in the Southeastern Conference. Head coach Paul Mainieri says, halfway through the conference season, his team is right where he wants it, in a position to win the SEC championship. The Tigers are 31-6 overall and 10-5 in league play. The Tigers host Lamar tomorrow night before traveling to open the second half of conference play against Georgia Friday.

Today on the college diamond, Tulane will host Southern Miss. UNO visits Jackson State. McNeese State hosts LSU-Alexandria. Northwestern State heads to Starkville to take on Mississippi State. South Alabama travels to Thibodaux to face Nicholls State. ULM hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff. And Southeastern Louisiana hits the road to take on UL-Lafayette in a game that can be seen on ESPN3.

The Sun Belt has released its men’s and women’s basketball conference schedules. For a second straight year, each team will play a 20-game conference schedule and men’s and women’s basketball games will be played as doubleheaders.

And the fourth-ranked LSU gymnastics team is busy preparing for this weekend’s NCAA Championships in Fort Worth, TX. In Friday’s semifinal session, the Tigers compete against top-ranked Oklahoma, Alabama, Auburn, Nebraska, and Oregon State. The top three teams will advance to the Super Six finals.