UL-Lafayette baseball is now on a 15 game winning streak after sweeping ULM over the weekend. The Ragin Cajuns are now ranked 19th and Cajuns head coach Matt Deggs says that he doesn’t want the new level of publicity put on his team to become a burden.

Cut 19 (17) “…play the game”

UL-Lafayette will face Prairie View A-and-M tonight at 6 pm

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The LSU Tigers will face McNeese tonight before their series with Tennessee this weekend. The Tigers have lost their first 4 series in SEC play and McNeese has not beaten an SEC school this season. The Tigers are 4 and 3 against McNeese in their last seven meetings and first pitch will be at 6:30.

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And Southeastern will visit Southern Miss tonight at 6 pm on ESPN+ in a rematch that the Lions won earlier this season, 7 to 6.

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The Pelicans will face the Trail Blazers tonight in a game that could help New Orleans earn the sixth overall seed in the Western Conference playoffs. The Pelicans and Suns are currently both at 46 and 32 with four games to go in the regular season, but the Suns currently hold the tiebreaker after defeating the Pelicans in 2 of 3 regular season matchups the teams played against each other. The Pelicans and Trail Blazers will tip off tonight at 9 pm.

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LSU Guard Jalen Cook has declared for the NBA draft after transferring back to LSU for one season. The former Walker high school star averaged 15.6 points and 2.8 assists.

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The LSU women’s softball team lost their Monday night game against the Florida Gators 6 to 5 in extra innings. LSU outfielder Ali Newland had a triple shy of hitting for the cycle and the Lady Tigers are now 31 and 6 on the year and 9 and 6 in SEC play.

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And in baseball news across the state, Southern will face Dillard tonight at 6, and Tulane will face UNO at 6:30.

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And last night UConn became the first team to repeat since Florida in 2006 and 2007 as the NCAA’s Men’s March Madness champions.