After three weekends of SEC play, the LSU Tigers are 5-4 in league play, one game behind SEC West leader Ole Miss. In the Tigers last game, freshman Ma’Khail Hilliard delivered another sensational performance in 4-0 win over Mississippi State. Coach Paul Mainieri says Hilliard’s ability to pitch out of trouble has been impressive…
Cut 17 (16) “another level”
Hilliard is 5-1 with a 0.76 ERA. The Tigers host Nicholls tomorrow night.

After losing to Oklahoma City last night, there’s just five games left in the regular season for the Pelicans, who occupy the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. New Orleans has just a one game lead over Denver, who is in ninth place.

Former LSU football coach Les Miles is dipping his toes into the film industry, looking to take his distinctive character to the silver screen. Patrick Mulhearn a Senior Director at Louisiana Economic Development says the transition from pigskin to productions should be smooth for the Mad Hatter.
Cut 11 (07) “a play”
Miles has been taking acting classes and he’ll appear as a NASA chief in a movie called Angry Men, which will be released in June.

Former LSU golfer Sam Burns won his first tournament on the Web-dot-com tour. Burns birdied four of his last five holes to win the Savannah Golf Championship in Georgia. The Shreveport native won 99-thousand dollars and is fourth on the Web.com money list.

And back to college baseball…Louisiana Tech leads Conference USA by one game after taking two of three from FIU, and Grambling leads the West Division of the SWAC after a wild 9-8 win over Texas Southern.