Brayden Jobert hit two home runs as the LSU Tigers got back in the win column last night with a 19-7 win over Northwestern State. The Tigers now head to Nashville where they’ll wrap up SEC play with a three-game series versus Vanderbilt. The Demons begin Southland Tournament play in Lake Charles on Thursday as they’ll face Nicholls.

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The Ragin’ Cajuns picked up a 6-1 victory over the Colonels. After trailing 1-0 after 5 innings, U-L put up 4 runs in the sixth capped by Wil Veillon’s pinch-hit home run. Chipper Menard pitched four scoreless innings of relief to earn his fifth win.

Southern’s three-game win streak came to an end in New Orleans as UNO scored two in the bottom of the eighth and held on for a 5-4 victory. Tremaine Spears had 2 RBI for the Jags but Miguel Useche came up with a pinch-hit double that drove in the winning runs for the Privateers.

And after winning the NAIA basketball championship earlier this year, the Loyola Wolfpack are just one game away from the NAIA World Series.

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Matt McMahon has completely remade the LSU basketball roster in a matter of weeks. After essentially having no players six weeks ago, he completed his 2022 class with the signing of 6-10 center, Shawn Phillips Jr., out of Arizona. McMahon’s class is now ranked 13th with the addition of Phillips, a four-star recruit. Advocate sportswriter Sheldon Mickles is impressed…

Cut 16 (15) “…on the roster.”

Mickles says Phillips is the fourth player on McMahon’s roster six foot ten or taller.

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The New Orleans Pelicans didn’t have the Golden Ticket, but they did end up with the eighth pick in next month’s NBA draft. The Orlando Magic won the top selection for the fourth time in franchise history and their track record with that pick has been pretty good, with Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Webber, and Dwight Howard as their previous three choices.

In the opening game of the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals, the Miami Heat topped the Boston Celtics, 118-107. Dallas and Golden State open the West Finals tonight.