It should be a good weekend for college baseball across the state. After blowing an eight run lead and losing to Lamar on Wednesday, the LSU Tigers return to action to host Sacramento State tonight. Last weekend the Hornets took two of three from Auburn and beat Northwestern State in a midweek matchup. Jared Poche starts on the hill for LSU tonight, while Sac State counters with Sam Long, who is described as a hard-throwing left-hander. First pitch is at 7 PM.

Also this weekend, Southeastern Louisiana hosts Troy. Kyle Cedotal who struck out 14 hitters last week, will get the start tonight for the Lions. Louisiana Tech hosts UT Arlington. The Bulldogs are coming off a big win over sixth ranked UL Lafayette.

The Ragin Cajuns are in Houston, where they’ll play TCU, Texas Tech and Rice over the next three days at Minute Maid Park.

And Northwestern State begins a three-game series tonight against Southern Miss.

At today’s NFL combine, Louisiana Tech running back Kenneth Dixon ran a 4.58 in the 40. Dixon is considered one of the top five running backs in the draft. The draft will take place from April 28th to the 30th.

Ben Simmons and the LSU Tigers look to snap their three-game losing streak tomorrow night against the Florida Gators….
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Before the game there will be a ceremony to unveil a new statue of LSU legendary basketball player Bob Petit. The statue will stand in front of the basketball practice facility.

Other games of note on Saturday…the Ragin Cajuns are at South Alabama. ULM, who has won six in a row, visits 9-and-19 Troy. Southern faces Alcorn State and Louisiana Tech looks for its fifth straight victory as they host Rice.

The Pelicans take on Minnesota at the Smoothie King Center on Saturday night.