The Pelicans kept their hopes alive of reaching the play-in tournament with a 112 to 110 win over the Hornets in Charlotte last night. Terry Rozier had 43 points for Charlotte, but Eric Bledsoe had 24 points for the Pelicans and Jaxson Hayes came off the bench and scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds as New Orleans played without Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram, who are both injured. New Orleans trails San Antonio by a game and a half for the final spot in the play-in tournament. There are four games left in the season and the Pels are at Memphis tonight.

LSU men’s basketball has signed a five-star prospect as seven-footer Elfton Reid chose the Tigers over Florida State, Pittsburgh and Ohio State. Reid played last season at I-M-G Academy in Florida after three seasons at Steward High School in Virginia. He averaged 16 points and 11 rebounds a game last season and is ranked 24th nationally by 24-7 sports.

LSU baseball took two of three from Auburn this past weekend as they missed out on the sweep with a two to one loss on the Plains on Saturday. Coach Paul Mainieri on winning a series at Auburn…
cut 17 (17) “…at it”
The Tigers are 9-and-15 in the SEC and in fifth place in the SEC West. LSU is scheduled to host Louisiana Tech tomorrow.

The Bulldogs doubleheader against F-I-U in Miami was rained out yesterday. Tech split a doubleheader with the Panthers on Saturday and Southern Miss has moved into first in the Conference USA West Division.

There’s a three-way tie for first place in the Southland between UNO, Abilene Christian and Southeastern Louisiana. Nicholls doubled up the Lions four to two yesterday. Northwestern State took three of four from McNeese, including a doubleheader sweep on Saturday.