LSU says men’s basketball guard Antonio Blakeney says he will not put his name in for the upcoming NBA draft — instead returning to play for the Tigers in his sophomore season. Blakeney is a member of the 2016 SEC All-Freshman team. and he was also named the SEC Freshman of the Week twice during last season. He says he feels it’s in his best interest to return and continue to improve his game so he can be an even more effective player.

In college baseball, the 20th ranked Ragin Cajuns edged Nicholls 4-3 Tuesday night in Lafayette. The win is the 7th straight at home for the Cajuns who improve to 25-12 on the year. Nicholls is 16-22 for the season. UL-Lafayette hosts McNeese State tonight. The Colonels next fly to Lincoln for a three-game series against Nebraska beginning Friday. Also last night, Southern University fell to Loyola.

Tonight No. 5 LSU will take on Southeastern Louisiana in Alex Box Stadium. UNO is at Jackson State and ULM travels to face Mississippi State.

The new Louisiana Tech women’s basketball coach, Brooke Stoehr, says she’s ready to help the program move forward. Stoehr was introduced as the new head coach for the Lady Techsters on Tuesday. She takes over for Tyler Summitt, who abruptly resigned earlier this month after admitting that he had an inappropriate relationship.

The LHSAA is set to hold a special meeting on June 8th called for principals to vote on a compromise plan to put into place the expanded championship split for boys and girls basketball, baseball and softball that was approved in January. The hybrid plan would give the LHSAA nine championships in those sports instead of the 12 approved at the start of the year.

Northwestern State is mourning the death of John McConathy. He’s the father of current Demons Coach Mike McConathy and he’s considered one of Northwestern’s greatest basketball players. John McConathy was an all-american at the Natchitoches school and the fifth pick in the 1951 NBA draft. He was 86 years old.