The LSU hoops team fell to 5-8 in the SEC last night as the Tigers lost to Alabama 80-65. Daryl Edwards scored a career-high 21 points for the Bayou Bengals, but his teammates struggled against a surging Crimson Tide team that improved to 8-5 in SEC play.

Big night in the Southland Conference, Nicholls leads the league and they host Sam Houston State who is tied for second with Southeastern Louisiana and UNO. The Colonels have won eight of their last nine and they are 10-3 at home. The Bearkats are the best defensive team in the league, allowing 67 points a game.

Meanwhile, S-L-U and the Privateers will face each other in Hammond. These two teams split their season series last year. UNO beat the Lions in Hammond last season 60-52.

Also tonight…Northwestern State hosts Houston Batptist, while Tulane faces East Carolina. The Green Wave are trying to end a three-game losing streak. While the Demons will start former football player Cameron Lazare.

The Pelicans hope they can extend their winning streak to three when they host the Los Angeles Lakers tonight. It’s the final game before the All-Star break. New Orleans sits in 8th place in the Western Conference standings.

LSU’s top quarterback target for the 2019 recruiting class has decommitted from Texas A-and-M. Six-foof-six, Grant Gunnell, who is considered the nation’s number two pro-style passer is someone Ed Orgeron’s staff covets. According to Geaux 24-7 sports, Gunnell will visit the LSU campus this weekend. Cleveland-dot-com reports Gunnell decommitted from Texas A-and-M after receiving an offer Ohio State.

WAFB-TV reports Coach O has bought a home on a lake in Baton Rouge’s University club subdivision. He’s currently living in the Mandeville area.

A CBS Sports report finds per-game attendance at college football games in 2017 dropped an average of 14-hundred fans in 2017, which is the largest drop in 34 years and the 2nd-largest ever. LSU saw its average attendance decline as well from 101-thousand in 2016 to 98-thousand last season.