The New Orleans Pelicans lost a close one last night to the Portland Trail Blazers 126-124.  The Pels shot almost 47 percent from three-point range as a team.  Zion Williamson scored a team-high 36 points, but Blazers point guard Damian Lillard was too much to handle as he poured in 43 points to go along with 16 assists.  Head coach Stan Van Gundy says he needs to see more from his team on the defensive end.

Cut 20 (15) “threes”

The Pelicans are now 12-16 after the loss.

LSU baseball’s season opener against Air Force that was scheduled for Friday has been rescheduled to Saturday at 1 p.m. due to inclement weather throughout the country.  The Tigers will now face Notre Dame on Sunday at noon and then will play Louisiana Tech at 6:30 on Monday to close out the opening weekend in Alex Box Stadium.

The LSU vs Ole Miss basketball game that was scheduled for tonight has been postponed due to the icy conditions throughout the region.  With that news, LSU will now turn its attention to Auburn as they will host the Tigers in Baton Rouge at 3 p.m. on Saturday.  LSU is currently 13-6 with an 8-4 record in the SEC, while Auburn is 11-11 with a 5-8 conference mark.

ESPN and CBS Sports released NCAA tournament projections and both included LSU.  ESPN has the Tigers as an 8 seed playing ninth seed San Diego St. in West Lafayette, Indiana.  CBS also has LSU as the eight-seed in West Lafayette but has the Tigers squaring off against Colorado State.

Southern’s losing streak against Alcorn State in football has ended.  The SWAC office has declared that Alcorn’s decision to opt-out of the spring season means the program will forfeit its scheduled games, which means the Jaguars will be declared the winner of the matchup that was supposed to take place on March 27^th.  Southern has lost the past eight games against Alcorn St on the gridiron, including the past two SWAC championship games.

Zion Williamson scored 36 points last night but Damian Lilliard had 43 and 16 assists as the Trail Blazers topped the Pelicans 126 to 124 last night. Lillard scored 11 points in the fourth quarter including a go-ahead three-point play with 16 seconds left. New Orleans also lost starting center Steven Adams to a right ankle injury. The Pels will host the Suns tomorrow.

The LSU men’s basketball team scheduled game against Ole Miss today has been postponed because of the winter weather. No make-up date, so the Tigers next game is Saturday versus Auburn at 3 PM.

The Ragin Cajuns men’s basketball weekend series against U-T Arlington has been postponed. The two-game series was set to begin Friday in the Cajundome.

Louisiana Tech’s two-game series against Middle Tennessee has been moved back a day and will now start on Saturday and conclude on Sunday.

As a result of travel issues because of the winter weather, LSU’s 2021 baseball season will not start until Saturday when they host Air Force at 1 PM. They will host Notre Dame at noon on Sunday and then Louisiana Tech on Monday night. The Bulldogs will open their season on Saturday at 5 PM against Notre Dame and then face Air Force at 4:00 and then LSU on Monday night.

The cold weather has also prompted Tulane and the Ragin Cajuns to move up their season opener on Friday from 6 PM to 2 PM.

The start of Northwestern State’s opening series versus Southern Miss has been moved back one day to Saturday as the two teams will play a doubleheader in Hattiesburg at noon. The series will conclude Sunday at 1 PM. Southeastern Louisiana is doing the same thing with its opening series in Hammond versus Mississippi Valley State.

The SWAC has determined that Alcorn State will have to forfeit the six games they were scheduled to play during the upcoming spring season. So that means Southern will get credited with a win for a game that they had scheduled with Alcorn on March 27th. Also instead of Alcorn hosting Southern in the fall, they will now travel to Mumford Stadium.

After ending a three-game losing streak last night in Memphis, the Pelicans return home tonight to host the Portland Trail Blazers. New Orleans tamed the Grizzlies 144 to 113 as Zion Williamson scored 31 points. Pels head coach Stan Van Gundy likes what he sees from his team offensively, it’s what’s happening on the defensive end that has him concerned…
cut 20 (20) “….before the break”
Tip-off is at 8 PM.

Because of this crazy winter weather, LSU men’s basketball will not play at Ole Miss tomorrow. In fact, the SEC has decided that no games will be played tomorrow. No word on if the Tigers and Rebels will re-schedule.

As a result of travel issues because of the winter weather, LSU’s 2021 baseball season will not start until Saturday when they host Air Force at 1 PM. They will host Notre Dame at noon on Sunday and then Louisiana Tech on Monday night. The Bulldogs will open their season on Saturday at 5 PM against Notre Dame and then face Air Force at 4:00 and then LSU on Monday night.

The cold weather has also prompted Tulane and the Ragin Cajuns to move up their season opener on Friday from 6 PM to 2 PM.

The start of Northwestern State’s opening series versus Southern Miss has been moved back one day to Saturday as the two teams will play a doubleheader in Hattiesburg at noon. The series will conclude Sunday at 1 PM. Southeastern Louisiana is doing the same thing with its opening series in Hammond versus Mississippi Valley State.

And back to college basketball, Louisiana Tech’s two-game series against Middle Tennessee has been moved back a day and will now start on Saturday and conclude on Sunday.

The New Orleans Pelicans beat the Memphis Grizzlies last night by a score of 144-113.  Forwards Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram had 31 and 22 points respectively.  New Orleans continued to be super-efficient on the offensive end, as they shot over 61 percent from the field.  After the game, head coach Stan Van Gundy credits the offensive efficiency to Ingram and Williamson’s willingness to pass the ball.

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The Pels’ next game is scheduled for tonight against Portland at home at 8 p.m.

The LSU men’s basketball game against Ole Miss that was scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed due to icy weather that is moving throughout the region.  A makeup date for the game has not yet been determined.  The Tigers are still scheduled to play on Saturday at 3 p.m. against the Auburn Tigers in Baton Rouge at 3 p.m.

Because of extreme winter weather throughout the state, Northwestern State’s men’s and women’s basketball games scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed.  The Demons were slated to play Nicholls in Thibodeaux while the Lady Demons were set to host Nicholls inside Prather Coliseum.  The schools are working on possible dates for rescheduling.

Due to cold weather in New Orleans on Friday night, the Ragin Cajuns first baseball game of the season has been moved up and will now be played at 2 p.m. against Tulane instead of at 6.  Saturday’s game will also begin at 2 while first pitch Sunday is scheduled for 1 p.m.

The Southeastern Louisiana men’s basketball team’s game against Texas A&M Corpus-Christi has been rescheduled for Monday night at 6:30.  The Lions are still slated to host Abilene Christian Saturday at 4 p.m.   The Lions are 6-13 on the year.

The LSU women’s basketball game against Kentucky has scheduled for Thursday has been pushed postponed to Friday the 19^th.  The game was canceled due to extreme weather conditions across the southeast region of the country.

The Pelicans ended their three-game losing streak by pounding the Memphis Grizzlies 144 to 113 last night. Zion Williamson had a big game with 31 points and he was 13 of 16 from the field. He also added seven rebounds and six assists. Josh Hart had a season high 27 points, while Brandon Ingram chipped in with 22. The Pels ended their four game road trip with a 1-and-3 record. They played poor defense on the road and Zion Williamson understands why head coach Stan Van Gundy is looking for better results on the defensive end…
cut 17 (17) “…focused on that”
The Pels begin a four game homestand tonight when they host Portland.

LSU basketball is still set to play Ole Miss tomorrow at four PM in Oxford. The Rebels have won four in a row.

Cajuns Coach Bob Marlin says point guard Brayan Au is out for the season with a knee injury that’s bothered him most of the season. The junior will have surgery in the next week or two. He leads the team in assists, averaging nearly four a game.

The Cajuns baseball team is picked to finish third place in the Sun Belt West division based on a poll of the league’s coaches. ULM is picked to finish fifth. Cajuns pitcher Conor Angel made the preseason all-sun belt team, so did ULM’s Andrew Beesley.

The playoff brackets for the girls high school basketball playoffs have been released. The number one seeds are Ponchatoula, LaGrange, Madison Prep, Doyle, East Iberville, Hatahway, Gibsland-Coleman, Mt. Carmel, St. Louis Catholic, Lafayette Christian, Ouachita Christian and University Academy of Cenla.

The LSU men’s basketball team won its first game over a ranked opponent on Saturday as the Tigers topped 16th ranked Tennessee 78-65. Freshman Cam Thomas had 25 points while junior Javonte Smart had 20 points. LSU Coach Will Wade says it was their best game of the season…
Cut 16 (16) “…defensively.”

The Pelicans can not defend the three-point shot, they’ve given up 67 3s in their last three games as they gave up 17 more three-point shots last night in a 123 to 112 loss to the Pistons for New Orleans third straight loss. Coach Stan Van Gundy says they are a bit of a mess defensively and have to fix some things. New Orleans is at Memphis tomorrow night.

Louisiana Tech men’s basketball picked up two big wins over the weekend defeating Conference USA west division leader U-A-B twice. Sophomore Guard Cobe Williams led the way with 16 points in Saturday’s 69-64 win. Bulldogs coach Eric Konkol says Williams is a big reason why Tech is 10-and-4 in Conference USA play…
cut 20 (11) “…run with him”
Tech remains is in third place in the CUSA West Division, behind UAB and division leader North Texas.

The Cajuns are third place in the Sun Belt West Division after splitting two games with ULM.

Nicholls is in fourth place in the Southland after avoiding an upset loss to Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday. The Colonels are scheduled to host Northwestern State on Wednesday. The Demons have won five in a row.

And the McNeese football team kicked-off the F-C-S spring season with a double-overtime victory over Tarleton State on Saturday.

The Pelicans continue their Mardi Gras road trip tonight in Dallas where they’ll visit the Mavericks, who have won three in a row. New Orleans has won four of its last five. Both teams are two games below the .500 mark.

La Tech hosts U-A-B tonight. The Blazers bring a six-game winning streak into Ruston and they are one of the top defensive teams in the country. Bulldogs Coach Eric Konkol says getting into the paint will be a key…
cut 17 (14) “…in there”
Tip-off is at 6 PM and the same two teams will play tomorrow at 3.

LSU will host 16th ranked Tennessee at 1 PM tomorrow. ULM looks to complete a two-game sweep when they host the Ragin Cajuns on Saturday at 4 PM. The Warhawks snapped a ten-game losing streak by beating U-L Lafayette 72-66 last night.

LSU baseball is picked to finish fourth in the SEC West in a preseason poll of the league’s coaches. The Tigers look to have a strong weekend rotation with Jaden Hill, Landon Marceaux and A-J Labas. Coach Paul Mainieri on what he likes about Labas….
cut 27 (27) “…about him”
The season opener is a week from today against Air Force.

McNeese football kicks-off its spring season tomorrow night against Tarleton State at 6 PM. It’s been 448 days since the Cowboys’ last football game. During that time the program battled a global pandemic and two hurricanes that left the team without any facilities to hold workouts or conditioning for five months.

After seeing their four-game winning streak end Wednesday in Chicago, the Pelicans will try to start a new winning streak tonight when they visit Dallas. The Mavericks have won three in a row. It’s the first meeting of the season for the southwest division rivals. Tip-off is at 6:30.

Louisiana Tech men’s basketball will take on UAB in a two-game series beginning tonight at 6:30 in Ruston. UAB is one of the top teams in Conference USA, riding a six-game winning streak and boasting a 16-2 overall record. Tech coach Eric Konkol says what makes the Blazers so good is their aggressive defense.
Cut 16 (13) “…quite a bit.”
UAB ranks in the top ten in the nation in field goal percentage defense and scoring defense.

Tomorrow LSU hosts 16th ranked Tennessee at one o’clock as the Tigers look for their first win over a ranked opponent.

ULM fans are happy today as the Warhawks men’s basketball team ended its ten-game losing streak by beating the Ragin Cajuns 72-66. ULM was led by Russell Harrish who had 17 points and ten rebounds. The Cajuns shot just 39-percent from the field.

But the U-L Lafayette women’s basketball team won a school-record 10th straight game last night beating ULM 65-51. The Lady Cajuns are 10-1 in the Sun Belt.

The Lady Tigers lost to Florida in overtime in the PMAC last night as the Lady Gators won 73-66 to drop LSU’s record to 8-and-9 overall.

LSU baseball is picked to finish fourth in the SEC West in a preseason poll of the league’s coaches. Sam Houston is the preseason favorite to win the Southland Conference. McNeese is picked to finish second and Southeastern Louisiana third.

Baseball America has named Louisiana Tech’s Parker Bates as the Conference USA Preseason Player of the Year.

The ULM men’s basketball team snapped its ten-game losing streak last night by beating in-state rival U-L Lafayette 72-66. Russell Harrison led the way for the Warhawks as he scored 17 points and had 10 rebounds. Koreem Ozier added 15 points. Mylik Wilson and Cedric Russell each had 13 points for the Cajuns and redshirt freshman shooting guard Devin Butts did not play because he’s been suspended for an undisclosed disciplinary reason. The same two teams will play today in Monroe.

Louisiana Tech will host Conference USA West Division leader U-A-B tonight for the start of a two-game series. The Blazers have won six in a row and they are nine and one in league play. UAB ranks in the top ten in the nation in field goal percentage defense and scoring defense. The Bulldogs are 8-and-4 in league play.

And the Pelicans continue their Mardi Gras road trip by visiting Dallas tonight. Both teams are two games under the .500 mark.

LSU baseball is picked to finish fourth in the SEC West in a preseason poll of the league’s coaches. Ole Miss is the preseason favorite to win the West, followed by Mississippi State and Arkansas. Florida is the favorite to win the east.

Sam Houston is the preseason favorite to win the Southland Conference. McNeese is picked to finish second and Southeastern Louisiana third. Northwestern State received one first-place vote and is expected to finish fifth in the Southland. Nicholls is predicted to finish ninth in the 13-team league. The college baseball season begins a week from today.

The top two teams in women’s gymnastics meet tonight at the Maravich Center as second-ranked LSU hosts first ranked Florida at 6:15.

The Lady Tigers lost to Florida in overtime in the PMAC last night as the Lady Gators won 73-66 to drop LSU’s record to 8-and-9 overall, 6-and-5 in the SEC. The Lady Cajuns won a school-record tenth straight game as they defeated ULM 65-51.

The Pelicans’ four-game winning streak ended last night as Chicago set a franchise record for three-pointers made with 25 as the Bulls beat New Orleans 129 to 116. Zach Lavine had 46 points and as he made nine threes. His backcourt made Coby White hit eight three-pointers and finished with 30 points. New Orleans has allowed 18 or more three-pointers in a game eight times this season.

LSU shot 61-percent from the field and defeated Mississippi State 94-80 in Starkville last night. Cam Thomas had 25 points and Javonte Smart added 22 points as he was eight of ten from the field. The Tigers host 16th ranked Tennessee on Saturday.

In the Southland, Nicholls defeated Lamar 76-71, Northwestern State knocked Incarnate World 68-67 and Sam Houston defeated Southeastern Louisiana 79-61.

LSU football needs linebackers and they got one through the transfer portal. Mike Jones Junior becomes the 24th member of the Tigers 2021 recruiting class. Jones started seven games at Clemson last season and had 52 tackles, eight tackles for a loss and a couple of interceptions.

In college basketball tonight, the Ragin Cajuns host in-state rival ULM in Lafayette. The Warhawks are 2-and-10 in the Sun Belt, while U-L Lafayette is 7-and-5 and in second place in the Sun Belt West after dropping two games last weekend to Arkansas State who has a losing record. Assistant Coach Brock Morris says it’s time to start another win streak…
cut 18 (17) “…to win”
Tip-off is at 7 PM.