The LSU men’s basketball team looks to stay in first place in the Southeastern Conference when it visits 20th ranked South Carolina. The Tigers are 8-2 in the SEC, but Senior guard Keith Hornsby says they can’t feel satisfied with what they’ve done…
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South Carolina is 20-3, 12-0 at home and 7-3 in league play. Tip-off is at 6 PM.

More bad injury news for the Pelicans. Shooting guard Tyreke Evans will reportedly miss the rest of the season, because he need surgery on his ailing knee. Evans has missed the last seven games because of knee tendinitis and had arthroscopic surgery on that knee in October.

Tonight the Pelicans host the Utah Jazz. The Jazz have won seven in a row, eight of their last ten.

The Saints and Danell Ellerbe have reportedly agreed to a restructured contract for the veteran linebacker. His contract was expected to count nearly six million dollars towards the salary cap. Ellerbe is moving into the second year of a three-year contract after being acquired in a trade last offseason. The 30-year-old only played in six games last year because of injuries.

It appears the NCAA has enough evidence to levy some penalties against the Ole Miss football program. The Associated Press is reporting the NCAA has cited 13 violations against the Rebels and nine of them have occurred during Hugh Freeze’s tenure as head coach. Some of the violations are considered serious and some have been self-reported by the school.

The LHSAA has released updated power ratings in boys basketball. Natchitoches Central is the highest rated team in Five-A, followed by Scotlandville and Ruston. In Four-A, St. Thomas More is number one, in 3-A it’s Peabody, two-A Madison Prep, One-A Lafayette Christian and in Class B and C it’s Fairview and Elizabeth.