The Pelicans seek their fourth straight win tonight as they host the Houston Rockets. This is game four of a seven-game homestand that has seen New Orleans shoot 50-percent from the field. The Pels are also coming off a game in which they hit a franchise-high 17 three-pointers in a 17-point win over Milwaukee. Houston is also playing well as the Rockets have won eight of their last eleven.

The LSU Tigers will have two home games coming up this week. They host Georgia tomorrow night and then they’ll take on number one ranked Oklahoma in the PMAC on Saturday afternoon.

Tonight in college hoops action, McNeese State seeks its second straight win as the Cowboys host Incarnate Word. UNO hosts Central Arkansas and Northwestern State is at Nicholls in a battle of last place teams.

UL Lafayette has announced its men’s basketball game on saturday night against UT Arlington has been moved up from 6:15 PM to 4:15 because of a Mardi Gras parade that night.

There will be 23 players from the Southeastern Conference that will play in Super Bowl 50. There are no LSU Tigers on Denver, but the Panthers have former LSU standout Trai Turner starting for them on the offensive line.

In Baseball America’s preseason collegiate baseball rankings….LSU is ranked 11th, UL Lafayette 13th. Florida tops the rankings.

D1 baseball has named LSU pitcher Alex Lange and outfielder Jake Fraley as preseason all-amercians. UL Lafayette’s Stefan Trosclair is also a D-1 baseball preseason all-american. The start of the season is 25 days away.

And ULM’s Justin Roberson has been named the Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. Roberson scored 26 and 23 points in two victories for the Warhawks last week. And the senior from Natchitoches has also been named the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Men’s Basketball Player of the Week.