LSU football coach Brian Kelly has filled out his coaching staff on defense. Corey Raymond has been officially brought back after spending two seasons at Florida. Raymond will coach cornerbacks. Jake Olsen was a defensive analyst at Missouri last season and he’ll coach safeties for LSU. Missouri edge rushers coach Kevin Peoples has also been added to Kelly’s staff and he’ll do the same at LSU.

The 10th ranked LSU women’s basketball team got back in the win column last night as the Lady Tigers topped Alabama 78-58 in Tuscaloosa. Angel Reese and Aneesah Morrow each had 20 points, but sophomore Flau’Jae Johnson says their defense was the key….
cut 29 (20) “…to defense”
Alabama was 4-for-25 from the field in the second half.

ULM men’s basketball remains winless in the Sun Belt after losing to James Madison 89 to 70 last night. But the Warhawks women’s basketball team defeated the Lady Cajuns 65-59 at the Cajundome, snapping an 18-game losing streak to U-L Lafayette. Daisha Bradford had 20 points as ULM improves to 4-and-2 in the Sun Belt, while the Cajuns are 2-and-4.

Also in women’s basketball, Southeastern Louisiana improved to 5-and-0 in the Southland with a 55-48 win over Northwestern State. Nicholls topped U-I-W 65-59 and Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi topped McNeese 83-63.

The Pelicans will host the Phoenix Suns at the Smoothie King Center tonight. The Suns have won three in a row, but they trail New Orleans in the Western Conference standings. New Orleans is in 5th place with a 25-17 record, while the Suns are 22-18 and in eighth place. Tip time is just after 7 PM.