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The ninth ranked LSU women’s basketball team completed the regular season on Sunday with a 77-56 win over Kentucky. It was the Lady Tigers eighth straight win. Angel Reese had 22 points and 14 rebounds and she was honored at halftime for Senior Day. Reese says it’s been a long four years of college basketball
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LSU men’s basketball coach Matt McMahon announced today that Jalen Cook is suspended from the team for failure to meet the standards of the program. Cook is averaging 16 points a game, but has not played since February 13th because of a hamstring injury. The Tigers are 8-8 in the SEC and at Arkansas Wednesday.

The Sun Belt men’s basketball tournament gets underway tomorrow in Pensacola, Florida. ULM will face Coastal Carolina and the winner of that game gets the Ragin Cajuns on Thursday. U-L Lafayette will have to win four games in order to win the Sun Belt tourney. They are the defending tournament champs. Coach Bob Marlin says previous success at the tourney should pay off this week…
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The Cajuns softball team is relishing a monumental win on Sunday as they ended Oklahoma’s NCAA record 71-game winning streak with a 7-5 win in ten innings.

LSU right handed pitcher Luke Holman is the SEC pitcher of the week for striking out 12 hitters on Friday in a win over Texas. Louisiana Tech’s Cole McConnell is the Conference USA hitter of the week after collecting eight hits and driving in eight runs in four games last week.