It’s an exciting day for Louisiana sports fans as Zion Williamson is set to make his long-awaited debut tonight for the Pelicans, who host San Antonio. Williamson missed the first half of the year after undergoing knee surgery. Locked on Pelicans podcast publisher Jake Madison says expect Williamson to only play 10 to 20 minutes as he begins his NBA career…..
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Tip-off is at 8:30. New Orleans has won 10 of its last 14 and they are 3-.5 games back of Memphis for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Louisiana Tech football has reportedly hired David Blackwell as its defensive coordinator. Blackwell had the same job with Old Dominion this past season and he helped improved a Monarchs defense, even though O-D-U went just 1-and-11 in 2019.

LSU improved to 6-0 in the SEC last night with an 84-82 win over Florida at the PMAC. The Tigers had six players in double figures led by Florida native Emmit Williams who had 19 points. Skylar Mays added 18 points and Marlon Taylor had a double-double 10 points and 10 rebounds. Coach Will Wade on his team…
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Up next for LSU, a visit to Texas as part of the SEC-Big 12 Challenge.

In college basketball tonight, Nicholls is a half-game back of the leaders in the Southland and the Colonels host Houston Baptist. McNeese takes a four-game winning streak into tonight’s home game against Southeastern Louisiana. And Northwestern State hosts Stephen F Austin, who leads the Southland.