The Pelicans evened their playoff series with the Suns at two games a piece by dominating the second half outscoring Phoenix by 17 points on their way to a 118 to 103 victory. Brandon Ingram had 30 points to lead New Orleans. Jonas Valanciunas had 26 points and 15 rebounds and C-J McCollum added 18 points. Suns star Chris Paul was held to four points and he turned it over three times and it got testy between C-P-3 and Pelicans rookie Jose Alvarado, who says it’s just basketball…
cut 15 (11) “….difficult for him”
The series shifts back to Phoenix for Game 5 on Tuesday and Game six will be back in New Orleans on Thursday, the same night as the first round of the NFL draft.

After sweeping Missouri over the weekend, LSU baseball is in third place in the SEC West with a ten and eight record. The Ragin Cajuns are in third place in the Sun Belt after sweeping Georgia State. Louisiana Tech dropped a series against Middle Tennessee and falls four games back of Southern Miss for first place. Nicholls and McNeese are tied for first place in the Southland. Grambling is a half-game back of Prairie View A-and-M for first place in the SWAC West division after sweeping Alcorn State, scoring 67 runs in the process.

At LSU’s spring game, sophomore wide receiver Jack Bech was one of the stars as he caught two touchdown passes. Tigers Coach Brian Kelly calls Bech deceptive…
cut 18 (20) “….that today”