For the 19th straight year, LSU starts a baseball season with a victory. The 11th ranked Tigers defeated Indiana eight to one as Saul Garza and Cade Doughty homered. Doughty’s home run came on his first at bat in an LSU uniform. Cole Henry struck out eight over four innings for the win. Because of the chance of rain on Sunday, the two teams will play a doubleheader today starting at 1 PM.
There was a lot of emotion last night in Lafayette for the Ragin Cajuns first game since the passing of their longtime head coach Tony Robichaux. But U-L Lafayette could not come away with a victory as Southeastern Louisiana scored three runs in the sixth inning and held on for a three to two win.
Elsewhere, ULM downed Southeast Missouri State five to one. Ty Barnes pitched six strong innings for the win. Northwestern State cruahed Wichita State 11 to nothing, McNeese defeated MIssissippi VAlley State 9-zip and George Washington beat Nicholls seven to three.
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Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson had 14 points in 20 minutes as he helped the U-S team beat the World team 151 to 131 in the Rising Stars Game in Chicago. Williamson had a monster slam in the second quarter that actually left the backboard slightly tilted to its left. A maintenance worker fixed the basket during half-time.
Today in college basketball..25th ranked LSU is at Alabama for a 3 PM tip-off. The Tigers enter action today in a three-way tie for first place with Kentucky and Auburn. Auburn is at Missouri, while the Wildcats host Ole Miss. LSU won in Tuscaloosa last season and if they win again today, they’ll have back-to-back victories in T-town for the first time in 30 years.
Also today, Louisiana Tech hosts Florida Atlantic. The Owls have lost three in a row. Southeastern will try to snap a five-game losing streak at Nicholls, while McNeese will look to end a three-game skid at Northwestern State.
ULM who ended a 10-game losing steak on Thursday is at South Alabama today, while the Ragin Cajuns is at Troy