6:45 LRN Sportscast

The losing streaks continued for the Pelicans and the LSU men’s basketball team last night. In the Smoothie King Center, the Pels got behind by 19 points to Denver but rallied to take a one point lead with less than a minute left but ended up losing to the Nuggets 99-98. Coach Willie Green says the game was a tale of two halves…
cut 19 (19) “….chance to win”
The Pelicans have lost five in a row, but there’s a chance Brandon Ingram could return tonight against Minnesota after missing 29 consecutive games with a toe injury.

The LSU men’s basketball team was again got blown out yesterday as they fell to Arkansas 60-40 in Fayetteville. The Tigers shot just 12-percent from the field in the first half, 26-percent for the entire game in a seventh straight loss and a sixth consecutive double digit defeat.

LSU picked up another top overall ranking as Baseball America ranked the Tigers No. 1 in their top 25 heading into the 2023 season. The Tigers feature one of the most talented rosters in the country and had both the top-ranked recruiting and transfer classes this offseason and made a big splash over the summer by hiring former Twins Pitching Coach Wes Johnson. Baseball America writer Teddy Cahill says LSU won the offseason…
Cut 16 (19) “…into this year.”

According to LSU’s annual NCAA financial report, the school’s athletic department made a six-point-five million dollar profit during fiscal year 2022. LSU made 38-million dollar on football tickets, a significant jump from the previous fiscal year when seating capacity was restricted because of COVID.