The Pelicans did it without newly acquired All-Star Demarcus Cousins last night, picking up a 109-86 win over the Pistons at the Smoothie King Center. Cousins had to serve a one game suspension for posting his 18th technical foul on Sunday, but point guard Tim Frazier had the impact on this game. He frustrated Pistons center Andre Drummond into a flagrant two-foul, an automatic ejection. The Pels couldn’t be stopped from there.

They finally won. For the first time in 8 weeks, the LSU men’s basketball team got a victory and it was over Tennessee by a score of 92-82. The Tigers improve to 10-19 on the season, and 2-15 in the SEC. With the victory, the team avoided having their worst SEC record in school history. LSU closes out the regular season Saturday at Mississippi State.

The ULM men’s basketball team opens the final home weekend of the regular season tonight against Sun Belt leader UT Arlington. Also today, Northwestern St. is at Stephen F Austin. Nicholls State is at Lamar. McNeese State is at Sam Houston. Lafayette hosts Texas State. Grambling hosts Alabama A&M. Southeastern is at UNO. Tulane is at Memphis.

The NFL has set its 2017 salary cap at $167 million dollars, according to the players association. The Saints carried over $5.7 million dollars in space from 2016, and currently have about 27.4 which will likely change before free agency as they reportedly plan to release free safety Jairus Byrd which would mean as much as $7.8 million freed up.

Louisiana Tech had their first loss of the season on Wednesday. The Bulldogs fell to No. 20 Arkansas in Ruston, 13-10. The loss snaps a 15-game home winning streak for Tech.

The ULM baseball team got three runs in the top of the 5th inning to take a three run lead, but how bout McNeese. The Cowboys responded with six runs in the bottom of the 5th to retake control on the way to a 14-5 in Lake Charles.

Southeastern couldn’t hold off No. 10 Vanderbilt and the Lions fell 4-2 in Nashville. Tulane dropped a 2-1 contest to Southern Miss on the road.

Today the LSU and Baylor Baseball teams will visit the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Houston. This visit is part of the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic taking place this weekend at Minute Maid Park.