Tonight is Game Four of the NBA playoff series between the Pelicans and the Thunder. New Orleans needs to win to avoid a sweep. Tip off is at 7:30. The Pels can use some production from Brandon Ingram, he’s yet to score more than 20 points in any game this series.

The LSU Tigers missed out on sweeping Auburn as the Bayou Bengals lost to Auburn seven to five after winning the first two games of the series. The defeat drops LSU’s record to 7-and-14 in the SEC with nine conference games left. The Tigers will host Grambling tomorrow night.

The G-S-U Tigers are a half game back of Texas Southern for first place in the SWAC West after taking two of three from T-S-U.

The Ragin Cajuns dropped one spot in the Top 25 D-1 baseball poll to number 18 after taking two of three from Southern Miss this past weekend.

Louisiana Tech won in walk-off fashion on Sunday to complete a sweep of Sam Houston. The Bulldogs have won five in a row and they are in first place in Conference USA.

The Saints selected five players in the draft on Saturday and the highlight was South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler. Rattler was a five-star recruit coming out of high school in Arizona. He had ups and downs during college but finished at South Carolina throwing for 31-hundred yards, 19 touchdowns, and eight interceptions last season. Coach Dennis Allen likes the potential of Rattler…
Cut 16 (17) “…as a quarterback.”

Opelousas has been reinstated as state champions of Division Two non-select in Louisiana High School football. Coach Jimmy Zachery will remain on probation for one year, but he says an agreement has been reached with the LHSAA for the Tigers to keep their title. The LHSAA ruled in February that Opelousas had to vacate its championship because of an ineligible player.