Head coach Paul Mainieri earned his 1,300th career win as sophomore right-hander Alex Lange limited second-ranked Vanderbilt to two runs in 6.1 innings pitched, and No. 14 LSU claimed the series over Vanderbilt with a 3-2 win Friday night in Alex Box Stadium. Game three is today at 2.

The 26th-ranked Ragin’ Cajuns exploded for four runs in the tenth inning to defeat Georgia Southern 6-2 in extra innings on Friday night to take the opening game of the series.

Nicholls State University picked up an 8-4 victory over Incarnate Word. McNeese State got past New Orleans 6-1 to pick up the league series opener in the Big Easy. ULM defeated UT Arlington 8-3 on the road. Louisiana Tech dropped their series opener against WKU 6-3 last night. Southern was defeated by Grambling, 11-7.

Southeastern Louisiana, which held a one-run lead for six innings, scored an unearned run in the ninth for a 2-1, Southland Conference win over Northwestern State.

The Louisiana Tech women’s basketball program lost its head coach Tyler Sumitt who admitted he had an affair, and reports say it was with a player. Jeff Palermo has more on the reaction in north Louisiana…:
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Louisiana Tech athletics director Tommy McClelland spoke with the media on Friday, and said there is a lot of interest in the job. He said even after this news broke many people have reached out.

Alexis Ajinca and the Pelicans dominated Los Angeles in a 110-102 victory Friday night in retiring Lakers star Kobe Bryant’s final game in New Orleans.