All-American forward Angel Reese is back with the 7th ranked Lady Tigers just in time for Thursday night’s matchup against 9th ranked Virginia Tech, a rematch of last year’s national semifinal game won by LSU. Reese has missed the last four games for an undisclosed reason and Coach Kim Mulkey says Angel is back and everyone is happy…
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But Junior guard Kateri Poole is still not back and Mulkey left it at that. Poole has also missed the last four games. Also, sophomore forward Sa’Myah Smith will miss the rest of the season after tearing her A-C-L and M-C-L in last Friday’s win over Niagara. She was off to a good start, averaging 12 points and eight rebounds a game this season.

CJ McCollum makes his return to the Pelicans tonight after suffering a collapsed lung. McCollum missed the last 12 games and New Orleans had a five and seven record without him. The Pels host the 76ers tonight at 7 PM.

47-year-old Blane McCorkle was introduced as the new head football coach of the Northwestern State Demons. He takes over a program that ended its season prematurely after the fatal shooting of safety Ronnie Caldwell. McCorkle understands the situation he walks into…
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McCorkle has been the head coach at Belhaven the last six seasons. That program had not won more than three games in a season since 2013 and this past year he led the Blazers to their first ever Division 3 playoff berth.

Saints returned to practice today to get ready for Sunday’s game against the Lions. Four starters were not at practice, Rashid Shaheed, Came Jordan, Marcus Maye and Pete Werner.