LSU sophomore left-hander Griffin Herring has emerged as the Tigers most important pitcher. LSU has won five SEC games and he’s pitched in four of them, including Sunday’s six to two victory over Missouri. Herring entered the fifth inning and pitched five shutout innings and tied a season-high with eight strikeouts. Coach Jay Johnson appreciates Herring’s ability to take the ball in any given situation…
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LSU begins a nine-game homestand tonight by hosting Nicholls. The Colonels are 24-14 this season and they defeated LSU last year.

Also tonight…ULM hosts Little Rock. The Warhawks defeated the Trojans 11 to 1 on March 5th. Northwestern State hosts Grambling State at 6 PM. The Demons won the first matchup of the season.

Former LSU wide receiver Khai Prean announces he’s transferring to Tulane. Prean is a from St. James High School and had 61 catches his senior season and grabbed 14 touchdown passes. He did not record any stats his freshman season.

In basketball…former Ragin Cajuns star player, Kobe Julien is transferring to Arkansas State. Julien averaged 17 points and five rebounds a game last season.

Former LSU women’s basketball player Janae Kent is transferring to Texas A-and-M. She was a top 100 recruit coming out of high school, but played just 259 minutes during her freshman season as a Lady Tiger.

Georgia reportedly tried to hire LSU gymnastics coach Jay Clark and his staff, but Clark and his assistant are staying according to the Advocate. Clark just led LSU to its first national championship in gymnastics. He’s a Georgia native and was the head coach at Georgia for four seasons, before resigning and joining DD Breaux’s staff at LSU.