It’s LSU and Iowa tonight in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. It’s a rematch of last year’s national championship won by the Lady Tigers. It’s another chance to see the two biggest stars in women’s basketball go head to head, Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. Coach Kim Mulkey sees a lot of similarities in there playing styles…
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Tip-off is at 6:15. The winner of this game gets USC or UCONN. South Carolina and North Carolina State is the other semifinal matchup.

The LSU baseball team will host Southern tonight at Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers are on a five-game SEC losing streak after getting swept by top-ranked Arkansas. Free passes have hurt the Tigers. LSU pitching leads the SEC in walks with 53.

The Ragin Cajuns have won eleven in a row after sweeping Texas State. U-L Lafayette is off to an 8-1 start, which equals the best nine-game league start since 2014. The Cajuns will open a nine-game homestand tomorrow when they host Nicholls.

ULM lost two of three to 19th-ranked Coastal Carolina to fall to 14-and-14 on the season. Louisiana Tech also dropped two of three to FIU.

Grambling and Southern are at the top of the SWAC western division after taking two of three from Texas Southern. Southern swept Prairie View A-and-M. The Jaguars won yesterday 22 to 12.

The Pelicans host the Phoenix Suns tonight, New Orleans lost to the Celtics 104 to 92.