The Pelicans won their eighth straight last night as they easily beat the lowly Dallas Mavericks 126-109 last night. Jrue (Drew) Holiday led the way with 30 points. Nikola Mirotic (KNEE-coal-uh Mir-oh-tich) broke out of a mini shooting slump and had 25 points. Anthony Davis couldn’t knock down any outside shots, but still had 23 points and 13 rebounds. New Orleans heads to L-A, where they’ll play the Clippers on Tuesday night.
In college baseball…LSU is on a three-game winning streak after beating Southeastern Louisiana four to two yesterday. Antoine Duplantis and Beau Jordan homered and Ma’Khail Hilliard threw four shutout innings of relief for his third win on the young year. LSU hosts Southern tomorrow night.
Baylor beat Louisiana Tech six to one, Kentucky clobbered the Cajuns 10-4, ULM swept Southern Illinois, Tulane crushed Cal State Fullerton 9-3, 16th ranked Southern Miss thumped Nicholls 20-4.
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LSU basketball finished the regular season on a high note with a 78-57 win over Mississippi State on Saturday. Coach Will Wade’s team will play the Bulldogs again Thursday night in the 2nd round of the SEC Tournament..
Cut 15 (15) “…advance mode
The Ragin Cajuns are the top seed in this week’s Sun Belt Tournament in New Orleans. UL Lafayette finished the regular season with an overtime loss against Little Rock. Coach Bob Marlin says Saturday’s defeat reminds his team they can not take anything for granted as they try to earn an NCAA Tournament bid…
Cut 19 (14) “…prove it”
UL-Lafayette plays again on Friday at 11:30 AM.