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The ninth-ranked LSU baseball team ended McNeese’s nation-leading 12-game winning streak last night with a ten-to-three victory. Jared Jones busted out of a mini-slump by hitting his 12th home run. Jones had three hits and drove in three runs. After the game Jay Johnson announced pitcher Gavin Guidry will undergo season ending back surgery.
ULM won its third straight beating Louisiana Tech eight to three. The Warhawks scored five runs in the third inning to take control of the game. 23rd-ranked Southern Miss scored four runs in the ninth inning to beat Southeastern Louisiana eight to seven. Northwestern State blanked L-S-U Alexandria three-zip. And Mississippi State clobbered Southern 16 to 2.
The LSU women’s basketball team has signed six-foot-two Amiya Joyner out of the transfer portal. Joyner averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds a game at East Carolina last season. She has one year of eligibility left.
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LSU football coach Brian Kelly has made his first public comments since the tragic death of former Tigers receiver Kyren Lacy. Kelly said Lacy was a bright star and loved being a Tiger. Lacy caught 112 passes and had 16 touchdowns during his three-year LSU career. He died on Saturday in an apparent suicide.
Meanwhile, the LSU football team is finishing up spring practice this week. Oklahoma transfer Nic Anderson was slowed by an injury earlier in the spring, but Kelly says he’s getting healthy, and the coach is excited about his potential…
Cut 17 (16) “…into spring practice.”
Today, the spring transfer portal window opens and we’ll see if LSU loses anyone.