New Orleans Pelicans General Manager Dell Demps says the decision to release Monty Williams as head coach was one agreed to by everyone within the organization. Williams led the Pels to the playoffs for the first time in four seasons, but Demps says the firing decision was not based on what did or did not happen…

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Demps says he is going to lead the coaching search which is underway immediately.

In college baseball, the number one ranked LSU Tigers rolled past UNO last night 9-1. Grayson Byrd went 2-5 at the plate and had four RBIs to highlight the Bayou Bengals 12-hit effort. LSU improves to 44-8 as they travel to South Carolina for a three game series beginning Thursday night.

And LSU will play that series with second baseman Jared Foster. Foster had been declared academically ineligible for the rest of the season, but his eligibility was restored after an appeal.

Seth Stevens’ walk-off home run gave Nicholls State a 5-4 win over UL-Lafayette last night at Ray Diddier Field. The win gives the Colonels their first season sweep of the Ragin’ Cajuns since 1996 and extends Nicholls current winning streak to nine games. With the loss, the Cajuns fall to 31-20 overall and will head to Monroe to face ULM in their final regular season Sun Belt series. The Colonels improve to 33-16-1 on the season as they will travel to Natchitoches to wrap up the regular season against Southland Conference rival Northwestern State.

Speaking of the Demons, they fell to Louisiana Tech 13-8. Junior Zac Burger and Senior Colby Johnson each hit a grand slams for the Bulldogs in the contest. Northwestern falls to 29-20. Tech improves to 24-25 and they’ll host Marshall in their regular season finale this weekend.

Southern Miss scored six runs in the fourth inning on their way to beating Tulane 8-4. The Green Wave drops to 31-20 on the year and will travel to Memphis to take on the Tigers in a three game series beginning tomorrow night.