Frustrating loss for the Pelicans yesterday as they fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves 113-108 in the regular season finale. The defeat pushes New Orleans down to the number nine seed, which means they’ll need to win two games in the play-in tournament in order to get into the first round of the playoffs. New Orleans led by 14 points in the first half and Coach Willie Green says his team failed to execute the little things, like boxing out on free throws…
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So New Orleans will host Oklahoma City at 8:30 PM in a play-in tournament game on Wednesday. The Pels lose and they are done for the season, a win and they’ll play the loser of Tuesday’s game between the Lakers and Timberwolves.

The rain just would not go away in Columbia, South Carolina, so the top ranked LSU baseball team had to settle for a rain-shortened split of a two-game series with the Gamecocks. So LSU is 7-and-4 in league play, a half game back of Arkansas for first place in the SEC West.

The Ragin Cajuns are in first place in the Sun Belt West after sweeping Marshall. ULM swept a rain-shortened two game series against Appalachian State.

Louisiana Tech took two of three from Rice and the Bulldogs are 6-and-6 in Conference USA.

UNO and Nicholls are near the top of the southland standings, both are 5-and-4 in league play. The Colonels took two of three from UIW.

Grambling is 9-and-3 in the SWAC after dropping two of three to Texas Southern.

Former LSU star Odell Beckham Junior has signed a one year deal with the Baltimore Ravens.

Back to the NBA, former La Tech star Kenneth Lofton signed a four-year deal with the Grizzlies and went out and scored a career-high 42 points yesterday in a loss to the Thunder.