06:45 LRN Sportscast

The Saints beat the Falcons 30-20 yesterday, but San Francisco’s come from behind win over the Rams puts the 49ers in the playoffs and has New Orleans starting its offseason.

The Saints finish a crazy season with a 9-8 record. The regular season started with the team in the Dallas area because of Hurricane Ida. The Black and Gold used an NFL record 58 starters because of injuries and COVID. And they played four quarterbacks. For the second time this year Trevor Siemien had to replace an injured quarterback…
cut 20 (24) “…proud of”
The Saints have the 18th pick in the first round.

The LSU men’s basketball team is 2-1 in the SEC after solid win over Tennessee on Saturday. The Tigers are at Florida on Wednesday and they’ll host Arkansas on Saturday. Coach Will Wade says his team needs to keep getting better….
cut 18 (20) “….locked in”

Louisiana Tech is locked in as they’ve started Conference USA play with a 4-0 record after beating UTSA 79-63 in San Antonio on Saturday night. Amorie Archibald had career-high 31 points in the win.

The Ragin Cajuns lead the Sun Belt with a 3-0 record, while ULM is 1-and-3.

Southeastern Louisiana beat Nicholls 77-72 to win the Southland Conference tip off tournament.

The Pelicans fell to the Raptors last night 105-101.