The second-seeded LSU women’s basketball team begins its road to the Final Four tonight as the Lady Tigers face 15th-seeded Jacksonville at 5 p.m. Tonight marks the first NCAA Tournament appearance for four LSU freshmen. Senior Flau’jae Johnson, says she’s offering as much advice as possible to the younger players.
The season is over for the McNeese men’s basketball team as the 12th seeded Cowboys lost to fifth seeded Vanderbilt 78 to 68 in the men’s NCAA Tournament. DJ Richards had nine points to surpass one-thousand points during his stellar three-year career at McNeese that came to an end with the loss to the Commodores…
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There have been questions about Casan Evans as LSU’s Friday night starter. Well on a Thursday night, Evans had his best start of his career, striking out 15 in 7.2 innings as LSU defeated eighth ranked Oklahoma seven to one. Evans allowed just three hits and one unearned run. LSU scored five runs in the first two innings thanks to control problems from Sooners pitcher Cam Johnson.
For the second consecutive season, the Southern women’s basketball team has won an NCAA Tournament contest. The Lady Jaguars finished the game on a 14-2 run to beat Samford 63-53. Southern will now get ready to play South Carolina on Saturday.
Disappointing end to the season for the Louisiana Tech women’s basketball team as the Lady Techsters lost to Rice 66 to 61 in the WBIT. But McNeese beat Texas A-and-M 68 to 48.
And the Pelicans won their seventh straight game at home, beating the Clippers 105 to 99. Trey Murphy had 27 points.