The Pelicans are moving on to the Western Conference playoffs after a 105 to 98 win over the Sacramento Kings last night. Brandon Ingram led the way with 24 points, six rebounds and six assists. New Orleans will begin a best of seven series with the Thunder on Sunday night in Oklahoma City.

This afternoon at 3 PM, the LSU gymnastics squad will go after its first national championship in program history. They will compete against Utah, Florida and Cal. Utah is looking for its 10th national championship in women’s gymnastics, which would tie a record. Florida is seeking its fourth and Cal is fresh off a Pac-12 title and they’ve flipped flopped with LSU for most of the season as the second ranked team in the country. College Gym News co-managing editor Brandif Heffner likes LSU’s depth…
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The Tigers will start on floor, their best event.

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The LSU Tigers began the second half of SEC play with a 12-1 win over Missouri in seven innings. Gage Jump struck out a career high 14. Jared Jones hit his 16th home run, Hayden Travinski hit his 11th, Brady Neal blasted his sixth home run and Steven Milam hit his first. Game two is at 4 PM today.

14th ranked U-L Lafayette’s 14 game winning streak in the Sun Belt ended with a nine to one loss to Coastal Carolina. The two teams will play a doubleheader at noon today.

Southern Miss defeated ULM 14 to 3.

Ethan Bates hit a two run homer in the seventh inning to snap a three-three tie and Louisiana Tech went on to beat 25th ranked Dallas Baptist five to three. Bates also picked up his eleventh save of the season.

UNO edged McNeese six to five, Nicholls clobbered Houston Christian 14 to 2, U-I-W swept a doubleheader from Northwestern State and Grambling defeated Alcorn State 28 to 3.