Utah buried 14 three-pointers in a 95-71 victory over the LSU Tigers. The loss eliminates LSU from the second round of the NIT. Tremont Waters had 19 points for the Bayou Bengals, Skylar Mays added 16 points and Aaron Epps had 12 points in his final game in an LSU uniform.

LSU-Alexandria has advanced to the N-A-I-A championship game with an 84-75 victory over William Penn. Brandon Moss led the way with 21 points and 9 rebounds. LSU-A will play Graceland in the title game tonight in Kansas City.

Former UL Lafayette basketball player J-J Thomas has passed way. He played for the Ragin Cajuns from 2010 to 2012. A cause of death has not been made public.

The Pelicans begin a stretch of three games in three days. They host Dallas tonight, tomorrow its Indiana to play a game that was postponed because of a wet court in February.

Saints legend Steve Gleason is said to be in good spirits despite spending his birthday in the hospital. The former football player has battled A-L-S since 2011 and he was hospitalized on Friday because of a low-grade fever and back pain. That’s according to his father-in-law, who spoke with NOLA.com. Gleason turned 41-years-old on Monday is expected to be released from the hospital later this week.

New Saints linebacker Demario Davis played for the New York Jets last season and the former Arkansas State standout was very productive with 135 tackles and five sacks. According to Next Gen Stats, Davis had the fastest sack in the regular season during Week 7, when it took him 2.09 seconds to sack the quarterback….
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Davis says he’s looking forward to winning a Super Bowl in New Orleans.