Rough start to the baseball season, as the LSU Tigers lost two of three from Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish clinched the series victory with an 11-3 drubbing of LSU yesterday. The Bayou Bengals had a dramatic come from behind victory on Friday, but it was all down hill from there. Coach Paul Mainieri says it’s hard to find any positives….
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It’s the first time LSU lost a season opening weekend series since 1999 versus Texas.

The Ragin Cajuns salvaged one victory in its three game set versus Texas. UL Lafayette edged the Longhorns 2-1 yesterday as freshman Brock Batty pitched six strong innings of relief to get the win. Junior Gavin Bourgeois had a couple of hits and drove in the game winning run.

In other action…Louisiana Tech split a four-game series with Pepperdine and ULM took two of three from Eastern Illinois.

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In last night’s NBA All-Star game, the Pelicans Anthony Davis had 12 points to help team Lebron to a 148-145 victory over team Stephen Curry . He started the game wearing DeMarcus Cousins jersey number 0 to honor Cousins, who could not play because of a torn achilles tendon.

Freshmen point guard Tremont Waters had 21 points, including the game winning basket as LSU beat Missouri 64-63 on Saturday. The Tigers have a couple of winnable games this week as they host Vanderbilt tomorrow night and visit Georgia on Saturday. LSU is 6-8 in the SEC.

The Ragin Cajuns have a three game lead for first place in the Sun Belt with four games left in the regular season. UL Lafayette tied a school record on Saturday with its 13th win at home, a 100-79 win over Texas-Arlington.

Grambling State has the longest winning streak in the country, which is eleven straight and they have two game lead for first place. Grambling hosts Arkansas PIne-Bluff on Saturday.