6:45 LRN Sportscast

A new era of LSU baseball begins tonight when the Fighting Tigers open the season by hosting Maine. Coach Jay Johnson will fill out his first line-up card as the head coach at LSU and says his goal is to win as many games as possible…
cut 17 (18) “…while doing that”

The Cajuns open their 99th season of recorded intercollegiate baseball by hosting 14th ranked U-C Irvine for a three-game series that begins tonight at 6 PM at Russo Park. Coach Matt Deggs likes opening the year by facing a nationally ranked opponent….
Cut 19 (13)_“… all of it”

The Pelicans finished a six-game homestand by losing to Dallas 125 to 118 last night. CJ McCollum had 38 points for New Orleans, but Luka Doncic (Don-sic) had 49 points and 15 rebounds as the Pels go two and four on the homestand.

The 11th ranked LSU Lady Tigers won their fifth straight as they defeated Mississippi State 71-59. LSU went on a 17-3 run to end the game and Alexis Morris had 23 points.

A Kobe Julien free throw with two seconds left gave the Ragin Cajuns a 78-77 victory over ULM. Jordan Brown led UL Lafayette with 26 points, while Andre Jones had 26 in a losing effort for the Warhawks.

Louisiana Tech suffered a tough loss at home as they fell to U-TEP 63-60.

In the Southland, Nicholls won its sixth straight as it beat McNeese 82-73, Ty Gordon had 31 points. Gus Okafor had 32 points as Southeastern Louisiana beat Corpus Christi 83-74 and Northwestern STate clobbered UIW 88-64