4:45 LRN Sportscast

It’s LSU and Iowa tonight in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Women’s Basketball tournament. The Lady Tigers beat the Hawkeyes in last year’s national championship game, scoring a title game record 102 points. A women’s basketball record nine point nine million people watched and another huge TV audience is expected tonight.

Both teams do like to trash talk and some fans get offended. But Lady Tigers guard Hailey Van Lith says the smack-talking has been good for the game and it’s not malicious…
Cut 18 (20) “…ever done.”
The winner of tonight’s game gets the winner of the USC-UConn game.

The LSU Tigers have taken a major fall in the D-1 Baseball poll. They dropped ten spots to number 18 after getting swept by top ranked Arkansas. LSU has now lost five straight SEC games.

Tonight they play cross town foe Southern University at 6:30. The Tigers have won 59 of the 62 match-ups between the two teams. The Jaguars are coming off a sweep over Prairie View, winning yesterday’s game 22-12.

The Ragin Cajuns win streak is now up to 11 after sweeping Texas State. At his weekly Monday press conference, Coach Matt Deggs talked about what’s led to the team’s best start in Sun Belt play since 2014…
cut 16 (14) “…for us’
The Cajuns will begin a nine-game homestand tomorrow night against the Nicholls Colonels. Nicholls, Southeastern, Northwestern State are all off to 3-and-3 starts in league play.