4:45 LRN Sportscast

The LSU women’s basketball program is headed to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2014. Angel Reese was dominant as she had 25 points and 24 rebounds and the Lady Tigers held Michigan to a season-low for points in a 66-42 win in front of a raucous crowd at the PMAC. Reese on the team’s defensive performance…
cut 12 (13) “…it was fun
LSU needed a great defensive effort, because they only shot 35-percent from the field. But they made six three-pointers.

Despite losing to Texas A-and-M eight to six on Sunday, LSU remains ranked number one in all of the preseason polls. And third baseman Tommy White was named SEC Player of the Week. In four games last week, he was 9 for 19 for at the plate with one home runs and eleven runs driven in.

New Saints running back Jamaal Williams comes to New Orleans after leading the NFL in rushing touchdowns with 17 last year. He also rushed for 1,066 yards and averaged 4.1 yards a carry. But Williams says he also has the capability to break off long runs…
Cut 19 (23) “…that going”
Williams old team, the Detroit Lions, have signed former Saints defensive back C-J Gardner Johnson to a one-year deal. Johnson picked off a career-high six passes for the Eagles this past season.

In basketball, the Pelicans defeated the Rockets 117 to 107 last night as New Orleans is a half game back of tenth place for the final spot in the Western Conference playoffs.