The Pelicans dropped their fourth straight last night as once again the offense failed to score enough points in a 101 to 93 home loss to the Orlando Magic. New Orleans scored just 19 points in the fourth quarter and they were six of 27 from three-point territory. Brandon Ingram had 25 points and five assists while C-J McCollum had 18 points. McCollum talked about the teams’ offensive troubles after the game…
cut 19 (14) “….bit more”
The Pels begin a three-game road trip in Portland tomorrow. The two teams are tied for the final spot in the play-in tournament.

Grambling remains tied for first place in the SWAC after beating Bethune-Cookman 66-54 in Daytona Beach, Florida last night. Ragin Cajuns softball beat Ole Miss three to two in eight innings in Lafayette last night.

LSU junior centerfielder Dylan Crews was named the SEC Co-Player of the Week after collecting ten hits in four games and driving in seven runs. Crews is hitting .565 after seven games this season. Coach Jay Johnson says Crews is the best player he’s ever coached and makes the game look easy…
cut 16 (14) “….is special”
The top ranked Tigers will be at Texas tonight

Phillip Matulia has been named the Conference USA Hitter of the Week. The senior hit four home runs last week and drove in ten runs. Matulia has five home runs on the season which ranks fifth in the country. Matulia and the Bulldogs will begin a two game series against fourth ranked Ole Miss on Today at Swayze Field.

And the Ragin Cajuns and McNeese renew their rivalry in baseball as the two teams meet in Lake Charles.

The Pelicans will attempt to snap a three-game losing streak tonight as they host the Orlando Magic. New Orleans has a 30-31 record, good for tenth place in the Western Conference which would be the final spot in the play-in tournament. C-J McCollum is playing with a bad thumb, but says he needs to rise above the injury….
cut 19 (13) “…our season”
After tonight, the Pels begin a three-game road trip on the West Coast.

The regular season is over for the LSU women’s basketball team and they are ranked fourth in the AP poll heading into the SEC Tournament as the number two seed. Angel Reese was named today as the SEC Player of the Week for the seventh time this season. Reese had 23 points and 26 rebounds in yesterday’s 74-59 win over Mississippi State.

LSU junior centerfielder Dylan Crews was named the SEC Co-Player of the Week after collecting ten hits in four games and driving in seven runs. Crews also scored nine times and had three doubles in the Tigers 16 to four win over Sam Houston State on Sunday. Coach Jay Johnson says Crews is the best player he’s ever coached and makes the game look easy…
cut 16 (14) “….is special”
The top ranked Tigers will be at Texas tomorrow.

Phillip Matulia has been named the Conference USA Hitter of the Week. The senior hit four home runs last week and drove in ten runs. Matulia has five home runs on the season which ranks fifth in the country. Matulia and the Bulldogs will begin a two game series against fourth ranked Ole Miss on Tuesday at Swayze Field.

After suffering their first loss of the season on Saturday, the top-ranked LSU baseball team responded on Sunday with a 16-4 win over Sam Houston State to win the Round Rock Classic in Texas. Dylan Crews was named tournament MVP as he went five for six at the plate yesterday with three doubles, four runs scored and four runs drivin in. Brayden Joubert also launched two, two-run home runs and Garret Edwards was the winning pitcher. LSU is at Texas tomorrow night.

Angel Reese put together another monster game as the fifth-ranked Lady Tigers finished off the regular season with a 74-59 win over Mississippi State yesterday. Reese had 23 points and 26 rebounds. Alexis Morris also had 23 points. LSU is 27-and-1 heading into the SEC Tournament in Greenville, South Carolina. The 27-and-1 record matches the best regular season record in program history. Also, 15,721 people watched the game yesterday. That’s a PMAC record.

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Nicholls held Louisiana Tech to four hits yesterday and the Colonels blanked Bulldogs eight to nothing. Jacob Mayers struck out eleven over five innings for his second win of the season. Nicholls is 4-and-4 on the year, while Tech is 4-and-3.

S-I-U Edwardsville upended ULM eight to five, UT Arlington topped McNeese 12 to six. Southeastern Louisiana lost its first game of the season as it fell to Samford nine to three. Stephen F Austin edged Northwestern State five to four.

On the softball diamond…LSU defeated U-L Lafayette four to one after the Lady Cajuns rallied to beat the Tigers in Baton Rouge on Saturday.

College basketball…LSU lost again on Saturday night, falling to Ole Miss 82-69.

The Ragin Cajuns are the two seed in the Sun Belt Tournament and they’ll play Saturday against the winner of Thursday’s game between Georgia Southern and ULM.

The Pelicans will try to end a three-game losing streak tonight as New Orleans hosts Orlando. The Pels lost to the Knicks 128 to 106 on Saturday.

The LSU Baseball team gets a win Friday afternoon in Game One of the Round Rock Classic knocking off Kansas State 7-3. Paul Skenes struck out 11 of the 22 batters he faced through 6 innings, despite the Wildcat’s offensive start. The Tigers improved to 5-0 overall and will next face Iowa at noon today on Dell Diamond. The Hawkeyes are starting Brody Brecht, one of the best pitchers in college baseball with a fastball that’s registered at 100mph.

The Ragin Cajuns walked off BYU 2-1 in the third game of the four-game set in Lafayette. The final game of the series is scheduled for 1pm with The Cajuns sending right-hander Jackson Nezuh to the mound.

The New Orleans Pelicans, who are 7th in the Western Conference, will travel to face the Knicks this evening at 6:30. New Orleans is 30-and-30 on the year and are coming off a 115 to 110 loss to the Toronto Raptors.

Elsewhere in college baseball action Friday, Northwestern State beats Seton Hall 6-1. Nicholls fell to Louisiana Tech 11-1. ULM fell to SIU Edwardsville 7-4. Southeastern edged Samford 6-5. McNeese got the victory over UT-Arlington 10-4. Grambling lost 10-4 to Alabama State in New Orleans.

The LSU men’s basketball team will look to build on its first win in 56 days as they travel to face Ole Miss tonight at 7:30. Both teams are 2 and 13 in SEC play and the Rebels announced the firing of coach Kermit Davis on Friday. According to Jeff Goodman of Stadium, former LSU men’s basketball coach Will Wade has emerged as a candidate for the gig in Oxford.

The Ragin Cajuns men’s basketball team is now 3rd in the Sun Belt following a 74-64 Friday night victory over South Alabama to close out the regular season. ULM fell to Arkansas State 64-61 to close out the regular season for the Warhawks.

Northwestern State men’s basketball will play for a Southland Conference regular season championship today as the Demons visit Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Both teams are 12 and 4 in league play.

Tyrann Mathieu is the latest player to restructure his contract to help the Saints get back below the salary cap. Mathieu’s restructured deal reduces the hit on the salary cap by 4.6 million dollars. He’s one of five players that have restructured the deal as New Orleans tries to get below the salary cap before the start of the new league year which is March 15th. The Saints still have more work to do and could restructure the contracts of Marshon Lattimore and Cam Jordan.

The Pelicans fell to eighth place in the Western Conference Standings last night as they lost to the Toronto Raptors 115 to 110 despite 36 points from Brandon Ingram. New Orleans is 30-and-30 on the year and they will visit the Knicks tomorrow.

In college basketball tonight, the Cajuns close out the regular season by hosting South Alabama on ESPN Two at 8 PM. ULM will try to snap a six-game losing streak as they host Arkansas State.

Plenty of college baseball to take in this weekend. LSU is playing in the Round Rock Classic. They will face Iowa tomorrow. Hawkeyes pitcher Brody Brecht can throw 100 miles per hour.

The Ragin Cajuns continue their series with BYU tonight. U-L Lafayette has won the first two games, four to three and 11 to 0. Louisiana Tech hosts Nicholls. Northwestern State hosts Seton Hall, Southeastern Louisiana hosts Samford. McNeese is at UT Arlington. ULM hosts S-I-U Edwardsville and Grambling faces Alabama State in Atlanta tonight.

Northwestern State men’s basketball will play for a Southland Conference regular season championship tomorrow as the Demons visit Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi. Both teams are 12-and-4 in league play. Northwestern lost to the Islanders by six on New Year’s Eve.

Also, LSU men’s basketball looks for its second straight win as they visit Ole Miss. The Rebels made a coaching change today as Kermit Davis is out after five seasons. Both teams are 2-and-13 in SEC play.

The top ranked LSU Baseball team will begin play today in the Round Rock Classic at 2pm as the Tigers face Kansas State. LSU is 4-0 and Paul Skenes will be on the hill for the Bayou Bengals after striking out 12 in his Tiger debut on Friday. The Wildcats are 4-1 and are expected to finish towards the bottom of the Big 12 Standings.

The LSU women’s basketball team gets win number 26 on the year, as the Tigers cruise to a 82-63 win over Vanderbilt in Nashville last night. Angel Reese had her 26th double-double and her 10th first half double-double of the season. The Tigers will now finish the regular season at home against Mississippi State at 5pm on Sunday.

The Pelicans fell to the Raptors last night in their first game after the All Star Break, 115-110. Brandon Ingram had 36 points in the losing effort. New Orleans will visit the Knicks on Saturday.

College hoops last night, Louisiana Tech falls to Western Kentucky 76-66.

In the Southland, UNO prevailed over Nicholls State in in-state rival action, 88-82. Southeastern beat Lamar 83-60. The Lions are 3rd in the conference. McNeese fell to Houston Baptist, 85-80. And Northwestern State got another win this time beating Incarnate Word 71-66. The Demons are 1st in the Southland with a record of 20-9.

The Ragin Cajuns Baseball team shut out BYU yesterday by a score of 11-0. UL-Lafayette is now 2-0 in the three game series which concludes today.

In other college baseball action around the state today, ULM hosts SUI Edwardsville. Southeastern hosts Samford. UL-Lafayette hosts BYU. Tulane hosts St. John’s. Nicholls State is at Louisiana Tech. McNeese State is at UT Arlington.

The LSU men’s basketball team finally ended its 14-game losing streak last night as the Bayou Bengals defeated Vanderbilt 84-77. K-J Williams led the way with 35 points. Williams says they were determined to get a win…
cut 18 (12) “…broke the streak”
Adam Miller also had a big game as he scored 18 points and went nine of ten from the free throw line. The Tigers are now 2-and-13 in the SEC.

The Ragin Cajuns still have a chance to claim a share of a Sun Belt Conference title as they defeated Arkansas State 85-74 last night. The Cajuns are in third place, one game back of Marshall and Southern Miss with one more regular season game left.

And ULM’s season continues to nose dive as the Warhawks lost their sixth straight last night, losing to Troy in overtime 82-78.

The Pelicans return from the All-Star break tonight to face the Toronto Raptors. Rookie Dyson Daniels is listed as probable after missing 11 games prior to the break with an ankle injury. New Orleans is 30-and-29 and in seventh place in the West. Toronto is 28-and-31 overall.

Fifth ranked Lady Tigers are on the road as they take on Vanderbilt tonight. The Commodores are 3-and-11 in the SEC, but two of those victories have come in the last couple of weeks.

Louisiana Tech men’s hoops visits Western Kentucky. Both teams are 6-and-10 in Conference USA Play.

In the Southland…Nicholls is at UNO, Southeastern Louisiana visits Lamar, McNeese travels to Houston Christian and Northwestern State is U-I-W.

Ragin Cajuns baseball continues its series with BYU at Tigue Moore Field after beating the Cougars four to three yesterday. Caleb Stelly had an RBI single in the eighth inning to cap off a three-run rally.

The game 14-game losing streak is over for the LSU men’s basketball team as they defeted Vanderbilt last night 84-77. Coach Matt McMahon says his squad entered the game with the right mindset…
cut 19 (18) “…to have success”
The Tigers got a big game from K-J Williams who had 35 points. It’s the first win for the Bayou Bengals in 56 days.

In the Sun Belt, the Ragin Cajuns defeated Arkansas State 85-74 last night as Jordan Brown had a double-double 24 points and 12 rebounds and Greg Williams Junior added 18 points. U-L Lafayette is in third place in the Sun Belt.

ULM had a nine point lead at halftime, but lost in overtime to Troy 82-78. The Warhawks have lost six in a row.

The Ragin Cajuns scored rallied to beat BYU in their home opener last night. Freshman Caleb Stelly had a two-out, RBI single to cap a three-run eight inning. Blake Marshall struck out a career-high five in relief to get the win.

Mississippi State crushed ULM 14-3. South Alabama edged Nicholls five to four.

The fifth-ranked LSU women’s basketball team is in Nashville tonight to face Vanderbilt. After giving up 79 points in Sunday’s win at Florida and 88 points in a recent loss to South Carolina, Coach Kim Mulkey is looking for better field goal percentage defense…
Cut 16 (21) “..get their attention.”
Tip off is at 6:30.

The Pelicans return from the All-Star break tonight as they are in Toronto.

Charges have been dropped against LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers who was arrested in New Orleans this week for a misdemeanor count of illegal carrying of a weapon on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Prosecutors decided to drop charges on the condition that Nabers does not get the gun back.

The LSU men’s basketball team will try to end a 14-game losing streak tonight when they host Vanderbilt. A 15th straight loss would tie a school record set in 2017. Vanderbilt comes into tonight’s game with a five-game winning streak, the second longest in the SEC. Tip off is at 6 PM.

In college baseball tonight….the Ragin Cajuns open their home schedule as they host BYU. U-L Lafayette took two of three from Rice last weekend, while the Cougars split a four game series with Louisiana Tech. Nicholls is at South Alabama, while ULM travels to Mississippi State.

The Pelicans return from the All-Star break tomorrow with a game in Toronto. Dyson Daniels and Larry Nance Junior are listed as probable to play. There are 23 games left in the regular season and they are currently in seventh place in the Western Conference standings.

The fifth ranked LSU Lady Tigers have two regular season games left. LSU is at Vanderbilt tomorrow night. In Saturday’s win over Florida a few role players stepped up as Jasmine Carson knocked down a career-high seven three-pointers and LaDazhia Williams had a double-double. Coach Kim Mulkey says they’ll need more from their supporting cast going forward…
Cut 17 (20) “…this league”
Tip off tomorrow in Nashville is at 6:30.

The top ranked LSU baseball fell behind four to nothing to Southern yesterday, but Tre Morgan and the Tigers roared back for a 18-4 win over the Jaguars. Morgan hit for the cycle and he did it in order, capping it off with a three run home run in the sixth….
cut 16 (23) “…day Tre”
That’s the Chris Blair of the LSU Sports Radio Network. LSU is 4-0 and they’ll play Kansas State Friday afternoon at the Round Rock Classic in Texas.

In other action, ninth ranked Arkansas outscored Grambling nine to seven. Southeastern Louisiana clobbered Jackson State 19 to 0 as the Lions are 5-0. Northwestern State edged LSU-A five to four and Sam Houston slammed McNeese 18-6.

LSU’s leading receiver last season Malik Nabers is facing a weapons’ charge after he was booked into the Orleans Parish Jail on a charge of illegal carrying of a weapon. Nabers was released Tuesday morning and not required to post bond. He caught 72 passes for 1,017 yards and three touchdowns last season.

LSU Special Teams Coordinator Brian Polian is reportedly transitioning to an off-the field role. Polian a longtime assistant for head coach Brian Kelly will move into a GM style role according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The Tigers struggled on special teams last season and Kelly is looking for a new coach.

Could we see new rules for college football designed to reduce the number of plays, which will lead to shorter games? Sports Illustrated Ross Dellenger reports college football executives are looking at several proposals including no longer stopping the clock after a first down and an incomplete pass.