LSU and 14th ranked Louisiana Tech are set to play each other in baseball tonight in Baton Rouge. The Bulldogs are 33-12 record. But one of their dozen losses occurred earlier this year at Alex Box Stadium against the Tigers. Bulldogs Coach Lane Burroughs is looking forward to another chance at LSU…
Cut 19 (15) “…be ready.”
The Tigers are 29-18 overall, nine and 15 in the SEC. LSU is ranked 22nd in the RPI and this is a big week for the Bayou Bengals if they want to make the NCAA Tournament. That’s because Tech has an RPI of 24 and LSU’s opponent this weekend, Alabama, has an RPI of 29.

Also tonight, after sweeping North Alabama, the Ragin Cajuns will host Southern.

After losing to Memphis and San Antonio defeating the Bucks, the Pelicans’ chances of making the NBA play-in tournament are very slim. Playing once again without Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram, New Orleans lost to Memphis 115 to 110 last night. The Pels trail the tenth-place Spurs by two and a half games and there are only three games left in the season.

The high school baseball season comes to an end this week in Sulphur as the LHSAA Baseball State Championships begin today. There are eight semi-final contests today. The one-a semifinals are tonight as top-seeded Oak Grove faces 12th seeded Slaughter Community Charter, who is nine and ten on the season. Today’s other One-A semi-final game is second-seeded Grand Lake versus sixth-seeded LaSalle.

In college basketball, former Ragin Cajuns guard Mylik Wilson has announced he’s transferring to Texas Tech. The former Rayville standout averaged 13 points a game last season in 26 contests. The Lady Techsters announce six-foot-two forward Kate Thompson is transferring to La Tech after spending her freshman season at Wisconsin.