11:40 LRN Sportscast

The top ranked LSU baseball team goes after its seventh straight win as they host Lamar at Alex Box Stadium. The Fighting Tigers are getting great contributions from their freshman class. Paxton Kling is hitting .391 and is hit his first collegiate home run on Monday. Johnson says the 2022 High School Player of the Year in Pennsylvania decommitted from the Tigers after Paul Mainieri retired…
Cut 19 (22) “…him around”
Kling started in right field on Monday and went 3-for-3 at the plate.

Last night the Warhawks snapped a three-game losing streak with a four to three win over Memphis. Nicholls edged Penn three to two. Tonight the Cajuns host McNeese while Northwestern State travels to ULM.

A disappointing season for the LSU men’s basketball team could come to an end tonight as the Tigers face Georgia in an SEC Tournament game. The Tigers went 2 and-16 in league play, but Coach Matt McMahon says tonight is the start of a new season….
cut 17 (17) “….on Wednesday”
Tip off will be around 8:30 tonight.

In the Southland, Northwestern State and Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi will play in the tournament title game at 4 PM. The winner will receive an invite to the NCAA Tournament. The Demons beat UNO yesterday, while Islanders eliminated McNeese. The Cowboys have fired head coach John Aiken after an 11-23 campaign. That’s the most losses in a single season in program history.