16:45 LRN Sportscast January 24

After losing to Detroit last night, the Pelicans are back at it tonight as they visit Oklahoma City. Anthony Davis will miss his third game with an injured finger and Nikola Mirotic is also out with a right calf strain. He suffered the injury in last night’s loss to the Pistons. Tip time is at 7 PM.

In college basketball, the Ragin Cajuns host South Alabama tonight. It’s UL-Lafayette’s first home game in nearly three weeks, they are 2-and-3 in the Sun Belt. ULM is also home tonight and the Warhawks will take on Troy. Both teams are in the middle of the pack in the Sun Belt Standings. Louisiana Tech faces one of the top teams in Conference USA. The Marshall Thundering Herd battle the Bulldogs in Ruston. Tech will look to snap a two-game losing streak.

LSU won it’s eight straight last night as the Tigers defeated Georgia 92-82. Sophomore guard Tremont Waters had a season-high 26 points, but Coach Will Wade is not happy his team gave up 82 points. The Tigers, who are 5-0 in the SEC, are at Missouri on Saturday.

The seven-member New Orleans City Council unanimously approved a resolution today asking the NFL to investigate why a flag wasn’t thrown for pass interference against the Rams in the final two minutes of regulation in the NFC Championship game. Council members say the blown call cost the city sales tax revenues and since there was also helmet-to-helmet contact, the NFL is failing in its effort to ensure player safety.

LSU is ranked number one in the USA Today college baseball preseason poll. It’s the third poll that’s come out in the last month that has the Tigers ranked number one. The Bayou Bengals begin preseason workouts tomorrow and opening day is February 15th.

Geri Glasco, the daughter of UL-Lafayette Softball Coach Gerry Glasco, was one of two people killed in an overnight chain reaction crash on Interstate 10 in Lafayette. She was also a volunteer coach for the Lady Cajuns softball team. Geri Glasco was just 24-years-old.