LSU hosts Lamar tonight at Alex Box Stadium. Lamar’s head coach is Will Davis who is a former player at LSU and also served for seven seasons as a volunteer assistant coach. Davis has led Lamar to a record of 22-15 and last year the Cardinals beat the Tigers 12-11.

In other action tonight, UL Lafayette visits Tulane. Tonight’s game against the Green Wave is the start of a five-game week for the Cajuns. Coach Tony Robichaux says it’s always difficult playing this many games during a week…
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The Green Wave have won 15 of their last 21.

For the first time in the school’s history, McNeese State baseball is ranked in a top 25 poll. They are ranked by Collegiate Baseball as the 23rd best in the country. The Cowboys are 26-9 and 16-2 in the Southland and in first place in the standings. Rhett Deaton and Austin Sanders have been solid weekend starters for the Cowboys and Head Coach Justin Hill says the bullpen has been consistent, helping the Pokes become one of the top pitching teams in the Southland…
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McNeese will play its first game as a ranked team tonight when they visit Louisiana Tech.

Elsewhere…Northwestern State hosts Prarie View A-and-M, ULM is at Grambling and Nicholls State will face Southern Miss in Biloxi.

Defensive tackle Breiden Fehoko will transfer to LSU. Fehoko started all 25 games during his two seasons at Texas Tech and had 38 tackles, seven and a half tackles for a loss and two sacks. The Hawaii native will have to sit out the 2017 season, but he’ll have two years of eligibity starting in 2018.