11:40 LRN Sportscast

The 12-0 Tigers will continue their historic march Saturday at 3PM in Atlanta in the SEC Championship game against Georgia. The matchup to watch is LSU’s high-powered offense against Georgia’s stingy defense, which is allowing just 10 points a game. Head coach Ed Orgeron says the Bulldogs have the best defense they’ve faced all season
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But LSU’s defense looked strong in the blowout victory over Texas A-and-M on Saturday. The Aggies had just 44 yards of total offense midway through the third quarter.

The Ragin Cajuns and Southern are also preparing for conference championship games. U-L Lafayette will head to Boone, North Carolina to face Appalachian State in a rematch of last year’s Sun Belt title game won by the Mountaineers. The SWAC Title game is also a rematch of last year’s, Alcorn State beat Southern last season.

Louisiana Tech did not win the Conference USA Western Division, but they finished off the regular season with a 41-27 victory over UTSA on Saturday. Tech quarterback J’Mar Smith returned from a two-game suspension to throw for 331 yards and three touchdowns. Coach Skip Holtz says his senior Q-B played well
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U-A-B’s win over North Texas puts them in the Conference USA championship game over La Tech and Southern Miss. But the Bulldogs will have the opportunity to win a sixth straight bowl game. They will find out their bowl destination on Sunday.

In the NBA, the Pelicans lost their fifth straight last night falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder 107 to 104. New Orleans is now 6-and-14 and have the second-worst record in the Western Conference.