Tonight in the Maravich Center, the LSU men’s basketball team goes after its third straight victory as they host American University, which has a two and eight record. The Tigers are coming off a 100-77 win over Oral Roberts. Keith Hornsby is averaging nearly 20 points a game since he returned three games ago from a knee injury.

In other action tonight…Louisiana Tech is at Florida Gulf Coast. The Bulldogs are 9-2 and led by Alex Hamilton and Erik McCree, who each are averaging 17 points a game.

McNeese State is at UCLA and earlier today…Nicholls State beat Hampton 84-81. The Colonels were led by Ja’Dante Frye who had 21 points, while T-J Carpenter added 19 points.

Last night…UL Lafayette beat UNO 79-69 to improve to 4-0 at home. Georgia Tech thumped Southeastern Louisiana 75-62 and the Lady Tigers lost to top ranked UCONN 86-40.

The Saints were off today following their 35-27 loss to Detroit. New Orleans dropped to 5-9 on the season. Quarterback Drew Brees reportedly had an MRI on his foot, which he injured in last night’s game. The resultsare not known. The Saints host the Jaguars this Sunday at 3:05.

LSU is ranked seventh by Collegiate Baseball in the first preseason poll. Their incoming recruiting class is also ranked as the seventh best. Coach Paul Mainieri says they’ll count on a couple of those players right away…
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UL Lafayette is ranked sixth in the Collegiate Baseball preseason poll, the highest ever ranking to start a season for the Cajuns, who return most of their players from the team that reached the super regionals last season.