The number one ranked LSU baseball team has the best league record in the SEC after beating Missouri 8-3 last night. The Tigers moved to 17-7 in the SEC, while Texas A&M and Vanderbilt both lost on Friday night. The Tigers got some great pitching out of the bullpen as relievers Doug Norman, Jake Godfrey and Alden Cartwright did not allow a run in five plus innings. There was also two great catches by centerfielder Andrew Stevenson.

Before the game, the Tigers announced that second baseman Jared Foster will miss the rest of the season as he’s been ruled academically ineligible. Foster shared the team lead in home runs with eight.

Elsewhere…Old Dominion blanked Louisiana Tech 7-0, South Alabama shutout U-L Lafayette 5-0. ULM outscored Arkansas Little Rock 10-7. Nathan Pugh drove in four runs.

In the Southland last night…Southeastern Louisiana won its 12th straight league game by beating Central Arkansas 6-0. McNeese blanked Grambling 4-0, Nicholls State knocked off UNO 5-3 and Northwestern State and Abilene Christian was suspended by weather with the game tied at 5 in the 9th inning. The game will resume at 1 O’ clock.

Louisiana Tech fans are anxious to find out who will be the new men’s basketball coach. Michael White’s departure to Florida has left a vacancy. Bleed Tech Blue publisher Jonathan Ford believes the school would like to have someone in place before summer break begins….
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Bleed Tech Blue says former UNO Coach Joe Pasternack and former Mississippi State head coach Rick Stansbury as possible candidates to replace White.