7:30 LRN Sportscast April 24

If you thought LSU’s baseball season was over after losing last weekend’s series versus South Carolina, the Fighting Tigers are showing some fight in Oxford as they won again last night, beating 12th ranked Ole Miss seven to two. Gavin Dugas delivered a grand slam in the ninth inning and A-J Labas earned a complete-game victory. LSU goes for the sweep at noon.

Senior centerfielder Parker Bates hit his fifth home run of the season in the eighth inning to snap a three-three tie and 14th ranked Louisiana Tech went on to win four to three over Marshall. The two teams play a doubleheader at 11 AM today.

The Ragin Cajuns are out of first place in the Sun Belt West after falling to Little Rock eight to two. That’s five straight conference losses for U-L.

ULM crushed Southern 12 to 1. Tulane has won eight in a row after sweeping a doubleheader from Memphis. UNO edged Southeastern Louisiana nine to eight to move within one game of the Lions for first place in the Southland. Nicholls and Northwestern play a doubleheader starting at 3 PM.

LSU has fired law firm Taylor Porter over the advice it gave the school when it investigated former football coach Les Miles for sexual misconduct with female student workers. Taylor Porter represented the school for 80 years. The school also plans to ban former running back Derius Guice from campus and remove his name from the statistical record books. Also assistant athletic director Verge Ausberry is facing more discipline. He we will not be allowed to attend any football games this upcoming season. Ausberry did not report a text a message he received in 2018 from a football player admitting that he hit his girlfriend.

On the recruiting front, LSU has landed a commitment from five-star safety Jacoby Matthews, who is preparing for his senior season at Ponchatoula. Matthews is rated as the second-best safety in the nation.

Today at noon, Louisiana Tech holds its spring game.

And the Pelicans host San Antonio tonight. New Orleans trails the Spurs by 3.5 games for the final spot in the play-in tournament for the playoffs.