For the third year in a row, the McNeese Cowboys are in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. McNeese beat Stephen F. Austin yesterday, 76-59, to win their third straight Southland Conference Tournament title. Senior guard DJ Richards says earning their way back into the NCAA Tournament is an accomplishment no one can take away from them.
McNeese will find out Sunday who they will play next week and where.
Louisiana Tech and Southern are still capable of earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Jaguars are a three-seed and they will play sixth seeded Arkansas Pine Bluff tonight. The Bulldogs are a four-seed in the Conference USA tournament and will play Middle Tennessee at 5:30.
The Ruston Boys Basketball will play Central tonight in a Division one non-select semi-final game. Championship games begin tomorrow at noon with Lincoln Prep playing Southern Lab.
The 13th ranked LSU baseball team begins SEC play tomorrow night as the Tigers host Vanderbilt. Sulphur’s Jake Brown is leading the Tigers offensively as the junior right fielder is hitting .413 with nine home runs and 28 RBIs. He credits his offseason work to helping him get off to a fast start this season…
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First pitch in Nashville is at 6 PM.
The Pelicans have been playing better since Dejounte Murray returned from an Achilles injury. New Orleans is 7-and-3 in its last 10 games and they won last night over Toronto 122 to 111. Murray had 27 points and six assists.
Former LSU star Aaron Nola pitched five shutout innings as team Italy eliminated Mexico from the World Baseball Classic. Italy’s win also means the U-S advances to the quarterfinals to play Canada on Friday night.