6:45 LRN Sportscast January 23

LSU basketball puts its seven-game winning streak on the line tonight when they host Georgia at 6 PM in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Tigers coach Will Wade says his team is playing with great rhythm and the chemistry is great…
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The Tigers have also won 17 straight at the P-MAC which ties for fourth longest in program history.

Elsewhere, Northwestern State hosts Sam Houston State. The Bearkats are 5-0 in league play, while the Demons are 2-and-3. Nicholls is at Corpus Christi. The Colonels are trying to break a two-game losing streak. Southeastern looks for its third straight win when they visit Houston Baptist. UNO is at Central Arkansas in a game featuring two teams with identical 4-and-2 conference records.

After a five-game road trip, the Pelicans are home tonight to take on the Pistons. No Anthony Davis for New Orleans today and he might be out longer than originally expected. It was estimated he could miss a week or two because of an injured finger, but now there’s a report he could be out two to four weeks if a specialist finds a fracture in his left index finger.

The LHSAA Annual Convention begins today and there’s a proposal up for debate that would let private schools hold their football championships at a venue other than the Superdome. Matt Doyle has more…
Cut 2 (31) “…I’m Matt Doyle.”