Kim Mulkey’s LSU Tigers are headed to the Elite Eight after topping Utah in the Sweet Sixteen Friday 66-63. It’s the first time the Purple and Gold have made it this far since 2008. It was a close game right up to the end and Mulkey says Utah played a heck of a game…:
CUT 28 (12) “few more plays”
LaDazhia Williams scored a season-high 24 points to lead the Tigers and Angel Reese, who fouled out late, scored 17 and grabbed 12 rebounds. And another big topic of the matchup was Mulkey’s pink feather trimmed blazer. She says being flashy is what we do in the Bayou State…:
CUT 30 (11) “for my home state”
LSU will now face Miami with a trip to the Final Four on the line at 6pm on Sunday.

The LSU Baseball Team fell in Game 1 of the Series against Arkansas 9-3 in 10 innings inside Alex Box Stadium. LSU right-hander Paul Skenes had another impressive outing on the mound, tossing his sixth straight double-digit strikeout game. The two teams will play a doubleheader today at 1pm and 6:30pm.

Elsewhere around the state in baseball, UL-Lafayette fell to South Alabama 12-11 in a back and forth matchup Friday in the opening game of a Sun Belt Conference Series. The Ragin Cajuns will also play a doubleheader today in Mobile beginning at 1pm.

The weather also postponed Louisiana Tech’s matchup with Western Kentucky in Bowling Green and the Bulldogs will play 2 games today and Game 3 on Sunday.

McNeese State topped Nicholls 8-3. Southeastern got the victory over Texas A&M Corpus Christi 10-4. UNO fell to Lamar 4-2. ULM lost to Troy 7-5.