Louisiana Tech can move into a first place tie with Western Kentucky in the Conference USA standings if they can beat the Hilltoppers tonight at the Thomas Assembly Center. Bulldogs senior guard Speedy Smith says the players are looking forward to tonight’s match-up….
cut 18 (15) “….big opportunity”
Tech has won 22 straight games at home. Tonight’s game tips-off at six P-M. Also tonight, the Ragin Cajuns are at South Alabama and ULM visits Troy.

An M-R-I has revealed that Pelicans All-Star Anthony Davis has a grade one strain to his groin. He’s listed as day-to-day. Davis injured his leg in last night’s loss to Denver. New Orleans hosts the Clippers tomorrow night.

Saints quarterback Drew Brees and former LSU star and Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Junior set the Guiness World Record for most one-handed catches in one minute. Beckham caught 33 passes with one hand from Brees during a taping on ESPN’s NFL live.

One of the top offensive tackles in the country gave his verbal pledge to sign with LSU today. His name is Chidi Valentine-Okeke and he’s from Stockbridge, Georgia. He picked LSU over Alabama and Auburn. He’s listed by scout-dot-com as the seventh best offensive tackle prospect in the country.

Last night in college…LSU won their third straight, beating South Carolina 64-58. The Tigers are now 5-and-2 in the SEC in a four-way tie for second place. The Bayou Bengals are at Mississippi State on Saturday.

And LSU quarterback Brandon Harris has no plans on transferring that’s according to his high school coach David Feaster. Feaster admitted in a radio interview that he encouraged Harris to leave LSU, because of lack of playing time.