The LSU baseball team takes its eight-game winning streak to Thibodaux tonight as the Tigers will visit the Nicholls Colonels. LSU is coming off a series sweep of the Oklahoma Sooners, where they did not allow an earned run. Pitching coach Nate Yeskie’s father passed away last Thursday, but he stayed with the team to call pitches. Coach Jay Johnson says LSU’s success on the mound shows why he’s one of the best pitching coaches in the country…

Cut 18 (18) “…at LSU.”

Since LSU only used five pitchers in the three-game series against Oklahoma, expect a lot of pitchers to get work tonight against Nicholls, who is 12-and-20 on the season. First pitch is at 6:30.

LSU football resumed spring practice today after taking last week off for spring practice. Defensive tackle Jacobian Guillory was in full pads as he continues to recover from a torn Achilles.

LSU women’s basketball has signed six-foot-five Kate Koval out of the transfer portal. A year ago, she was one of the top high school players and this past season she played at Notre Dame, averaging five points and five rebounds a game. Coach Kim Mulkey says Lady Tigers fans will love her skill, physicality and passion.

Ruston’s Ahmad Hudson has been named the Class Five-A boys basketball player of the year. The six-foot-eight two-sport star averaged 21 points and 24 rebounds a game last season. Hunington’s Carly Hamilton has been named the Girls Class 5A player of the year, as she averaged 21 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals a game as she helped the Lady Raiders win their first state championship.

The 30-3 LSU Tigers are ranked as high as third in the college baseball polls. The Tigers are riding an eight-game winning streak after sweeping Oklahoma. The final game of the series was played in frigid conditions for baseball, but the Tigers held on for a 3-2 victory. Coach Jay Johnson says he was concerned about his team’s mindset heading into the final game of the series, but he knew right away they were ready to play…

Cut 17 (16) “…fine today.”

Much better weather conditions for tonight’s game as the LSU Tigers travel down to Thibodaux to face the Nicholls Colonels, who are 12 and 20 and coming off a series loss to Houston Christian.

In other action tonight…ULM is at Northwestern State. The Ragin Cajuns host Texas Rio Grande Valley and Southeastern Louisiana is at Tulane.

The LSU Lady Tigers failed to sign six-foot-five forward Kate Koval when she was coming out of high school, but she’s a Lady Tiger now. Koval played just one season at Notre Dame where she averaged five points and five rebounds a game. The Ukrainian scored in double figures three times in ACC games.

Meanwhile, Center Alyah Del Rosario has entered the transfer portal after spending the last two seasons at LSU. She’s also six-foot-five and was ranked as the seventh best recruit in her signing class, but she didn’t see much playing time this past season.

LSU men’s basketball has named one of its former players as the General Manager of the program. 44-year-old Ronald Dupree played for the Tigers from 1999 to 2003 and an All-SEC selection his junior and senior seasons. He was working in the front of office of the Milwaukee Bucks.

LSU sophomore left-hander Kade Anderson was named SEC co-Pitcher of the Week for his brilliant performance last Thursday night in a two to nothing win over Oklahoma. Anderson struck out a career-high 14 hitters in a complete game shutout against the Sooners. He threw 135 pitches. Coach Jay Johnson says Anderson is recovering well…

Cut 20 (14) “…really low”

LSU is at Nicholls on Tuesday.

LSU women’s basketball has signed a former five-star high school recruit out of the transfer portal. Six-foot-five Kate Koval averaged five points and five rebounds a game last season for Notre Dame. The native of Ukraine also led Notre Dame with 55 blocks.

Louisiana Tech’s Sebastian Mexico has been named the Conference USA Hitter of the Week. Mexico has homered in three straight games. He had a walk-off home run on Friday and hit a grand slam on Sunday as the Bulldogs swept a rain-shortened series from FIU. La Tech hosts the Ragin Cajuns on Wednesday.

U-L Lafayette dropped two of three from Texas State over the weekend. The Bobcats won yesterday’s series finale four to three and U-L Lafayette’s best hitter, Conor Higgs, went 0-for-5. The Cajuns will host UTRGV tomorrow night.

Northwestern State won a thrilling series against UTRGV, winning Sunday’s rubber game eight to five. Braden Benton hit a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning.

McNeese completed a sweep of UNO with a walk-off win. Easton Dowell had the game winning hit as the Cowboys have won eight in a row.

Southeastern Louisiana swept a doubleheader from UIW. Nicholls lost its series to Houston Christian.

The LSU baseball team is 30-and-3, 10-and-2 in the SEC after sweeping Oklahoma in Norman. The Tigers threw five pitchers during the series and they gave up a combined four runs and none of them were earned. Big weekend at the plate for catcher Luis Hernandez who was six for 12 with three doubles. LSU is in third place in the SEC, trailing Texas and Arkansas, who also swept their opponents this past weekend.

The Ragin Cajuns allowed just six runs in the series against Texas State, but still lost two of three to the Bobcats, losing two to nothing on Saturday and four to three on Sunday. Coach Matt Deggs…

Cut 29 (05) “…we are built”

ULM also dropped its series with Appalachian State, giving up 17 runs in the final game of the series and losing 17 to 5.

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The weather shortened Louisiana Tech’s series with FIU and the Bulldogs won both games that got played. La Tech won the final game on Sunday 13 to 5 as they hit four home runs. Sebastian Mexico had the big blow, a grand slam in a six-run eighth inning. Coach Lane Burroughs team has won ten of its last 13….

Cut 16 (14) “…season ends”

The Bulldogs are 6-2 in Conference USA and lead Western Kentucky by a half a game.

McNeese and Southeastern are one game back of Houston Christian for first place in the Southland. The Cowboys swept UNO and Southeastern took two of three from UIW.

LSU men’s basketball has signed the Summit League Player of the year. Six-foot-nine Marquel Sutton is averaging nearly 19 points and 8 rebounds a game for the University of Omaha.

The LSU Tigers won their seventh in a row last night as they rolled past Oklahoma ten to two to claim the series. Anthony Eyanson followed up Kade Anderson’s complete game performance on Thursday night with his own outstanding start. Eyanson went 5.2 innings and did not allow an earned run and he struck out eight. Casan Evans pitched 3.1 innings of scoreless baseball for the save. LSU took control of the game with a four-run second inning. Chris Stanfield had four hits and two.two-run doubles. Josh Pearson hit two solo home runs. His fourth multi-home run game of his career.

Sebastian Mexico hit a walk-off, two-out two-run homer in the ninth inning as Louisiana Tech took game one of its series against FIU five to three. Tech is now five and two in Conference USA. Game two is at noon.

The Ragin Cajuns moved into a first place tie in the Sun Belt with a two to nothing win over Texas State. Carson Hepworth’s two-run homer in the eighth inning was the only scoring in the game. Matthew Holzhammer pitched the final two innings to get the win to follow up Chase Morgan’s great start.

ULM opened its series with Appalachian State with a 14 to 2 loss.

In the Southland…Northwestern State scored three runs in the ninth to beat UTRGV seven to six. The Demons trailed six to two at one point. Nicholls held on for a five to four win over Houston Christian. McNeese scored six runs in the eighth inning and defeated UNO eight to five. Mack Brouusseau and Davis Meche each had two run doubles in that inning. And UIW doubled up Southeastern Louisiana four to two.

Grambling scored seven runs in the first inning, but lost to Southern 15 to 14 in ten innings.

Can Anthony Eyanson shut down the Sooners tonight? Kade Anderson threw a complete game shutout last night and struck out 14 hitters as LSU defeated Oklahoma two to nothing. Eyanson is coming off a 12-strikeout performance last week. First pitch is at 6:30.

Elsewhere…Louisiana Tech hosts F-I-U. The Bulldogs and the Panthers are among four teams tied for first place in the Conference USA Standings.

The Ragin Cajuns are one game back of Southern Miss for first place in the Sun Belt. U-L Lafayette hosts Texas State this weekend. ULM hosts App State.

Southeastern Louisiana looks for its fourth win in a row as the Lions host UIW. A big series in Natchitoches as Northwestern State hosts UTRGV, McNeese hosts UNO and Nicholls hosts Houston Christian.

In a 711 to 650 vote, ULM students approved a 75-dollar per semester fee projected to bring in 600-thousand dollars the first year for the school’s athletic department. Athletics Director John Hartwell says critics of the fee said they do not attend athletic events on campus or questioned the need to spend more money on sports, but he says a successful athletic program improves the entire university…

Cut 11 (11) “…your diploma”

What a performance by sophomore left-hander Kade Anderson last night! The Tigers ace struck out 14 hitters as LSU shutout Oklahoma two to nothing. Anderson threw 135 pitches in the complete game shutout. Game two of the series is tonight at 6:30.

ULM students have approved a 75-dollar fee per semester that will generate 600-thousand dollars in its first year for the school’s athletic department. ULM Athletic Director John Hartwell says the fee goes into effect for the 2025 Fall Semester…

Cut 9 (11)  “…21 million dollars.”

Hartwell says they plan to use the money to install a new video board in Fant-Ewing Coliseum.

LSU star women’s basketball player Flau’Jae Johnson is reportedly returning for her senior season. Johnson was a freshman on LSU’s 2023 national championship team. But Angel Reese and Alexis Morris were the big leaders on that team. Reed Darcey of the Advocate says Johnson seems motivated to win a national title as a senior leader…

Cut 17 (16) “…call it her own.”

LSU men’s basketball continues to keep adding for the transfer portal. The fourth portal addition is Max Mackinnon, a six-foot-six guard who averaged 14.5 points and shot 41-percent from three-point territory at Portland.

Donte Jackson led Grambling to the NCAA Tournament in 2024, but Jackson has been hired as the new men’s basketball coach at Alabama A-and-M.

And LSU Gymnastics scored a 198.1 to advance to the NCAA Penn State Regional Final which will take place  at 4 PM on Saturday. Arkansas, Michigan State and Kentucky are the three other teams.

LSU sophomore left-hander Kade Anderson threw a complete game shutout as the Tigers took game one of their series against Oklahoma two to nothing last night. Anderson threw 135 pitches and struck out 14 hitters and allowed just five hits and two walks. Jared Jones had an RBI single and Chris Stanfield an RBI double for the only scoring. Game 2 is at 6:30.

LSU star women’s basketball player Flau’Jae Johnson is reportedly returning for her senior season. Reed Darcey of the Advocate says Johnson said after the team’s season-ending loss to UCLA, she wanted to get past the Elite Eight…

Cut 16 (19) “…own championship.”

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LSU men’s basketball has landed a fourth player out of the transfer portal. Six-foot-six Max Mackinnon averaged 15 points a game at Portland. He’s from Australia and shot 41-percent from three-point territory.

Grambling needs a new men’s basketball coach. Donte Jackson has been hired as head coach at Alabama A-and-M.

ULM students have approved a 75-dollar fee per semester that will generate over 600-thousand dollars for the cash strapped Warhawks athletic program.

At U-L Lafayette spring practice, there’s a battle for starting quarterback. Daniel Beale, Ole Miss transfer Walker Howard and former Lutcher star Lunch Winfield are in a three-way competition.  Coach Michael Desormeaux says all three are making strides…

Cut 18 (20) “…that competition.”

The seventh ranked LSU baseball team opens an SEC series with 10^th ranked Oklahoma tonight. Kade Anderson will get the start for LSU. Anderson allowed three home runs last week in his start and former LSU pitcher Anthony Ranaudo believes the sophomore left-hander can have a better outing tonight…

Cut 19 (15) “…Friday night starter”

Oklahoma’s starting pitcher tonight, Kyson Witherspoon is a future first round draft pick. He’s 5-and-1 with a 2.32 ERA, but Witherspoon struggled last week, allowing five earned runs in 4.1 innings against Alabama.

Grambling State needs a new men’s basketball coach. Donte Jackson has left the program to be the new head coach at Alabama A-and-M. Jackson led Grambling to the NCAA Tournament last year. The first trip to the Big Dance for the G-Men in three decades.

The defending national champion LSU gymnastics squad begins its NCAA postseason journey tonight as they will compete in the Penn State Regional. LSU won the SEC regular season championship, and they won the SEC Gymnastics meet. Mike Smith who is the announcer at LSU gym meets says the Tigers are the favorites to repeat as national champs…

Cut 14 (10) “…convincingly.”

LSU is the number one seed for the first time in program history. Tonight’s meet begins at 6 PM.

The NFL Network Ian Rapoport is reporting the Saints are among the teams that could select a quarterback early in the NFL draft. New Orleans has the ninth overall pick. ESPN’s Mel Kiper’s latest mock draft has the Saints selecting Ole Miss Q-B Jaxson Dart with the ninth overall pick.

Tulane quarterback TJ Finley has been arrested for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle. Finley told authorities he bought the Dodge Ram in Atlanta, but police say it’s a stolen truck from Georgia. Finley has been suspended from the Tulane football program.

The seventh ranked LSU baseball team begins a three-game series against 10^th ranked Oklahoma tonight in Norman. Kade Anderson is expected to start on the mound for LSU tonight. The sophomore left-hander gave up three home runs in his last start, but Coach Jay Johnson expects he’ll bounce back…

Cut 17 (17) “….ready to roll”

Oklahoma is set to start one of the top pitchers in college baseball. Six-foot-two right hander Kyson Witherspoon is second in the SEC in strikeouts.

Louisiana Tech had its bats going last night as they routed the Ragin Cajuns 16 to six. Zeb Ruddell hit a home run in his second straight game. The Bulldogs will host FIU this weekend, while the Cajuns will take on Texas State.

The defending national champion LSU gymnastics squad begins its NCAA postseason journey tonight as they will compete in the Penn State Regional.  The Tigers are once again led by All-Americans Haleigh Bryant and Aleah Finnegan. Kailin Chio is the SEC Freshman of the Year and Mike Smith who handles the public address announcing at LSU gym meets says they’ll have to count on a couple of other freshmen during this postseason run…

Cut 15 (11) “…they did just fine”

Tonight’s meet begins at 6 PM and if the Tigers finish in the top two of tonight’s session, they advance to the regional final on Saturday.

ULM students are voting on whether to impose an athletic fee. ULM’s athletic budget is the lowest in the Sun Belt Conference, and adding the per-student fee would help it get in line with other schools in the conference. The proposal is 75 dollars per full-time student per semester. It would generate about 600-thousand dollars in the first year – money that would go towards things like enhanced nutrition programs for student-athletes and a new scoreboard in Fant-Ewing Coliseum. Voting concludes today.