The Pelicans’ season did not open the way they wanted as they were downed by the defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors 111 – 95. League MVP Stephen Curry led all scorers with 40, 24 coming in the first quarter. Anthony Davis led the Pels with 18 followed by guard Ish Smith’s 17. The Pelicans were forced to begin the season without their two top centers, Omer Asik and Alexis Ajinca, due to injuries. The Pels hit Portland tonight to face the Trailblazers.

After a rough start to their season, the Saints are now 3-and-4 and they have a chance to get over the .500 mark as the next two games are at home. This Sunday, New Orleans welcomes the Giants, who are 4-and-3 after beating Dallas. November 8th, the Black and Gold hosts the 1-5 Tennessee Titans. The Saints’ Cam Jordan is one guy that’s beefed up his performance. He has five sacks in the last two games.

Sterlington has moved into the Top 10 of the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Class Two-A football rankings. Notre Dame of Crowley remains ranked number one followed by Many.

ULM is a disappointing 1-and-6 heading into its rivalry game against UL Lafayette Saturday. Because of the Warhawks poor season, there’s talk that Head Coach Todd Berry is on the hot seat. But Berry says he’s not impacted by that discussion…

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The Cajuns have won six of the last seven meetings, but the last game played at Cajun Field was won by ULM. The game kicks off at 4PM.

UL Lafayette quarterback Jalen Nixon is the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Offensive Player of the Week. Nixon had a career-high 201 yards rushing and 253 yards passing in a loss to Arkansas State last week.

Two Northwestern State players, Jalan West and Zeek Woodley, were named to the Southland Conference preseason men’s basketball team.