After hitting six home runs in a 15-4 win on Friday night against Sacramento State, LSU scored just five runs on Saturday and Sunday as the Tigers dropped the series to the Hornets. LSU’s offensive troubles continued as they did not have one extra base hit in a six-to-one loss last night.

The Ragin Cajuns had a tough day yesterday, losing 12 to 1, but won on Friday and Saturday to take the series versus Dallas Baptist. Donovan LaSalle homered Friday and Saturday.

ULM avoided a sweep by beating UT Arlington 12-2 on Sunday. Garrett Weithorn homered twice. Louisiana Tech took two of three from South Alabama. Brooks Roberson pitched five innings and allowed one run.

Nicholls baseball has won five in a row after sweeping a doubleheader from Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi on Saturday.

The Nicholls men’s basketball team advanced in the Southland Tournament, beating Northwestern State 61-47 and will play UTRGV tonight.

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The LSU women’s basketball team lost for a 19^th consecutive time to South Carolina on Saturday, falling to the Gamecocks 83- 77. In her fifth season, Coach Kim Mulkey has yet to beat Dawn Staley and South Carolina…

Cut 17 (09) “…so close (2x)

The Lady Techsters wrapped up the regular season on a 17-game winning streak by beating UTEP 91 to 87.

At the girls’ high school basketball state championship. Merryville in Beauregard Parish won its first state championship as the Lady Panthers defeated Midland 49 to 46. Avery Cournoyer was named the Most Outstanding Player as she scored 21 points…

Cut 20 (12) “…our turn.”

The second ranked LSU baseball team broke out of its offensive slump last night with a 15 to 4 win over Sacramento State. LSU scored all of its runs in the first four innings. Jake Brown hit three home runs and drove in six runs and Derek Curiel hit his first home run and had his second straight three-hit performance. Casan Evans struck out nine in five and two-thirds of an inning for the win. Game two is at 2 PM.

The Ragin Cajuns won again last night beating Dallas Baptist six to five. Rigoberto Hernandez homered in the ninth inning to break a five-five tie. Donovan LaSalle and Kasen Bellard also homered for U-L Lafayette.

Nicholls scored five runs in the ninth to beat Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi 11 to 7.

UT Arlington edged ULM four to three. South Alabama beat Louisiana Tech nine to three. McNeese split a doubleheader with HCU, UIW over Northwestern 13 to nine, Southeastern thumped Grambling 13 to 3.

It will be LSU and South Carolina today in the semis of the SEC Tournament. The Tigers steam rolled Oklahoma 112 to 78. The 112 points is the second most in an SEC Tournament game and the 40 points in the fourth quarter is an SEC record. Flau’jae Johnson surpassed 2,000 points in her career. Carolina beat Kentucky 87 to 64 and LSU will try to break its 18-game losing streak to the Gamecocks at 3:30 today.

At the girls high school basketball tournament…Merryville won its first state championship, beating Midland 49-46. Simpson won its second straight as they dribbled past Pleasant Hill 58 to 39. Rosepine won its third title in four years, beating Holy Savior Menard 42 to 34 in OT. Pitkin won its first title since 1995, beating Bell City 51 to 50 and French Settlement wins its first title since 1994 as the Lady Lions downed Westlake 44 to 36.

The LSU women’s basketball team cruised past Oklahoma in its first game of the SEC tournament with a 112-78 victory this afternoon. MiLaysia Fulwiley and Flau’jae Johnson led the team with 22 and 21 points as LSU posted their 14^th 100-point win of the season, one shy of the NCAA record. The Lady Tigers will advance to a rematch with top-seeded South Carolina tomorrow at 3:30. LSU dropped a disappointing 79-72 home loss to the Gamecocks in their only meeting this season, and Kim Mulkey is 0-and-6 against South Carolina since arriving in Baton Rouge.

The second-ranked LSU baseball team will look to bounce back from its pair of disappointing midweek upsets in a series hosting Sacramento state this weekend. The Hornets are off to a sluggish 3-and-9 start to the season and have lost their last five straight. First pitch in the box tonight is set for 6:30

The Merryville Panthers took home their first girls basketball state championship in school history with a 49-46 win over Midland in the Division IV non-select finals.

Louisiana Tech is suing conference USA seeking an injunction to allow the school to depart for the Sun Belt before the upcoming football season. LA Tech did not notify CUSA of plans to leave before the required 14-month notice and the two sides have negotiated terms of departure since this summer. Lincoln Parish Journal publisher Malcolm Butler says the current holdup is around two-million-dollars’ worth of NCAA distributions and who is entitled to it.

Cut 7 (12) “…university are.”

The Louisiana Tech baseball team dropped its fifth straight game Wednesday night after falling 8-2 to Arkansas State. Coach Lane Burroughs says the Bulldogs have to continue to go to work while putting the losses behind them.

Cut 19 (12) “…the right direction.”

The LSU baseball team will look to get its offense back on track this weekend as the second ranked Tigers host Sacramento State for the final non-conference weekend series. Over the past six games, LSU has hit just .209. In order for LSU to snap its offensive slump, Johnson says hitters must do a better job of working opposing pitchers.

Cut 18 (08)  “…some mistakes better.”

Fresh off their win over LSU, the Ragin Cajuns visit Dallas Baptist this weekend. U-L Lafayette has won nine of its last ten games and allowing just three runs a game during that span. Coach Matt Deggs gives a lot of credit to first year pitching coach Taylor Sandefur…

Cut 20 (16) “….advantage for us”

Conference USA and the Sun Belt Conference have yet to publicly release their 2026 college football schedules and that’s because Louisiana Tech wants to begin play in the Sun Belt, while Conference USA has yet to agree with Tech on how much the school owes the league for departing  CUSA. That’s why the University of Louisiana System has filed a lawsuit seeking a judge to grant an injunction so it can join the Sun Belt in July. Malcoln Butler wrote an extensive article on the situation for the Lincoln Parish Journal…

Cut 8 (10) “…interesting to see”

Thursday night was a good night for the Louisiana Tech men’s and women’s basketball teams. The Lady Techsters won their 16^th straight as they easily defeated New Mexico State 88 to 47.

The Dunkin Dogs had one of their best victories of the season as AJ Bates scored a career high 34 points as Louisiana Tech upset Conference USA leader Liberty 76 to 71 in Lynchburg.

The second ranked LSU baseball team will try to snap out of its funk that it has been in the last week as they begin a three-game series against Sacramento State tonight. Casan Evans, Cooper Moore and William Schmidt will be the starting pitchers this weekend and after 14 games Coach Jay Johnson knows who he can count on out of the bullpen…

Cut 16 (17) “…a little bit”

Sacramento State is not having a good season as they are 3-and-9. First pitch is at 6:30.

The Ragin Cajuns, who just beat LSU on Wednesday, is at Dallas Baptist. Louisiana Tech will look to snap a five-game losing streak as they are at South Alabama and ULM is at UT Arlington.

There is a good chance Cam Jordan has played his final game with the Saints as the 15-year NFL vet is expected to become an unrestricted free agent next week. Jordan had ten and a half sacks last season and Ross Jackson, host of the Locked on Saints podcast says a contending team could look at signing Jordan to a one year deal…

Cut 14 (12) “…agency opens up”

The free agency signing period begins on Wednesday.

The Louisiana Tech men’s basketball team got a career-high 34 points from AJ Bates as the Bulldogs had one of their best wins of the season, beating Liberty 76 to 71. The Lady Techsters won easily over New Mexico State 88 to 47. That’s 16 wins in a row for La Tech.

The LSU women’s basketball team will play Oklahoma in the SEC tournament quarterfinals at 1:30.

The Ragin Cajuns took advantage of a struggling LSU baseball team last night as U-L Lafayette downed the Tigers seven to two. Coach Matt Deggs is elated U-L fans can celebrate this victory over their rivals to the east…

Cut  8 (09) “….our guys”

U-L Lafayette held LSU to seven hits and created chaos in the first inning that led to hree runs. Trent Caraway hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning for LSU, but the Cajuns responded with three more runs in the bottom of the fifth. Sawyer Pruitt pitched four shutout innings for the save.

Nicholls pulled off a big upset last night as the Colonels defeated 10^th ranked Southern Miss three to two. Tyler Avery was the winning pitcher with three shutout innings and Cole Poirrier got the save as the Golden Eagles were held to a season low five hits.

The LSU women’s basketball team will find out this afternoon who they will play tomorrow afternoon in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament. It will be either 12^th seeded Florida or 5^th seeded Oklahoma.

Unless LSU wins the SEC Tournament, they will likely be a two seed in the NCAA Tournament. ESPN’s Women’s College Basketball bracketologist Charlie Crème says LSU can win a national championship if their best players play big…

Cut 18 (12) “…approaches”

At the girls state basketball tournament in Hammond, Division Two non-select semifinals…fourth seeded Wossman upset top seeded Sterlington 54 to 48. Second seeded LaGrange knocked off third seeded North Vermilion 53 to 44.

Tonight…Neville is in the semifinals for the first time since 2021 and the Lady Tigers will play defending champion and top-seeded Zachary.

A New Orleans-area representative wants to make it a lot easier to cancel automatic-renewal trial subscriptions. Colleen Crain reports.

Cut 2 (35) “…I’m Colleen Crain.”

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck Red River Parish early this morning.  According to the United States Geological Survey, the seismic event was recorded just before 5:30 am, its epicenter was located approximately 4 miles northwest of Edgefield. This event is the latest in a series of small earthquakes to hit the region. Northwest Louisiana has seen an increase in minor seismic activity recently.———————–

PVC producer Shintech Louisiana is investing 3.4 billion dollars to expand its Iberville Parish operations. It’s expected to add 800 new job opportunities to the Capital Region and the expansion will introduce advanced, lower-emissions manufacturing technology, which Shintech says will strengthen Louisiana’s role in global PVC production. Iberville Parish President Chris Daigle Daigle says Shintech has made a big impact on this area for 26 years now.

Cut 8 (10) “…the global market.”

Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says the state’s crawfish industry is dealing with a significant labor shortage. Strain told state lawmakers that crawfish processing plants do not have enough workers to peel and package crawfish, because the federal government has put a cap on foreign guest workers.

Cut 4 (09) “…no that’s unacceptable.”

The Ragin Cajuns were ready to play last night and they handed LSU it’s second consecutive loss as U-L Lafayette beat the defending national champions seven to two. The Cajuns jumped on the Tigers in the first inning, scoring three runs off LSU’s starting pitcher Gavin Guidry. The Tigers committed two errors in the inning and U-L Coach Matt Deggs gives credit to Cajun Nation for making a difference…

Cut 28 (18) “…hard to handle”

Cody Brasch was the winning pitcher and freshman Sawyer Pruitt pitched four shutout innings for the save. LSU was limited seven hits, three of them off the bat of Derek Curiel. But the Tigers also committed three errors to fall to 10-3 on the season.

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Nicholls pulled off the upset last night, beating 10^th ranked Southern Miss three to two. Four Colonels pitches held the Golden Eagles to a season low five hits. Tyler Austin was the winning pitcher with three shutout innings.

Louisiana Tech lost again, falling to Arkansas State eight to two. Southeastern Louisiana thumped ULM 16 to 6, McNeese over LSU-A 12 to 2.

The LSU women’s basketball team will enter the SEC Tournament as a projected number-two seed in the NCAA Tournament. ESPN bracketologist Charlie Crème says the Tigers could elevate to a number-one seed with an impressive showing in Greenville this week.

Cut 16 (18) “…be the Tigers.”

LSU will play in the quarterfinals tomorrow afternoon, possibly against Oklahoma.

Big baseball game tonight in Lafayette as second ranked LSU visits the Ragin Cajuns. The Tigers are coming off a five-game homestand where they lost to McNeese and Northeastern and they are not swinging the bats well. Catcher Cade Arrambide says despite their struggles they are sticking together…

Cut 19 (16) “…fail”

The Ragin Cajuns are 9-and-3 and their pitching staff has struck out 133 hitters in 118 innings.

Louisiana Tech continues to struggle as they were blown out again last night falling to Arkansas State ten to two. That’s four consecutive losses in Ruston for the Bulldogs. First time that’s happened since 2014.

LSU men’s basketball lost again last night, falling to Auburn 88 to 74.

Tuesday night was a good night for Southland Conference baseball teams as all of the Louisiana schools won. Southeastern Louisiana thumped ULM 15 to 5 snapping the Warhawks six-game winning streak , Northwestern State scored 11 runs in the first inning as the Demons went on to beat Grambling 13 to 1. Colton Harrison hit a three-run home run. McNeese knocked off Southern 14 to 5 as Jairus Miller had another stellar pitching performance and Nicholls edged Tulane six to five as first baseman Caston Thompson hit two home runs for the Colonels.

At the Sun Belt men’s basketball tournament…ULM’s season is over as they lost to Old Dominion, while the Ragin Cajuns advanced to the next round by beating Georgia State 84 to 75. Jaxon Olvera had a career-high 29 points. The Cajuns play again today at 5 PM against James Madison.

At the girls high school basketball tournament…semifinal action…Holy Savior Menard upset top seeded Lafayette Christian 45 to 43. Pitkin beat Fairview in overtime 80 to 79 and Westlake defeated Oak Grove 46 to 45.

LSU baseball is ranked 2nd, but had a clunker last night, falling to Northeastern 13-10. At one point, the Huskies led 10 to nothing. A couple of rough pitching performances for the Tigers as lefty Cooper Williams gave up four runs in the second inning and Zac Cowan’s early season struggles also continued as he allowed four runs in 1.2 innings. LSU is at U-L Lafayette tomorrow.

ULM has won six in a row heading into tonight’s game against Southeastern Louisiana. The Warhawks swept Western Illinois last weekend and senior third baseman Jake Haggard drove in nine runs. Coach Ford Pemperton says Haggard put in the work in the offseason…

Cut 17 (15) “…continue doing it”

The sixth-ranked LSU women’s basketball team will have an opportunity to strengthen its case for a number-one seed with a strong showing in the SEC Tournament this week. While the Tigers could improve their NCAA Tournament positioning, head coach Kim Mulkey is not placing significant emphasis on the tournament.

Cut 20 (21) “…conference to postseason.”

LSU’s first game of the tournament will be Friday at 1:30 p.m and they could play Oklahoma, who has won six in a row.

The Sun Belt Tournament gets underway in Pensacola. The Cajuns face Georgia State and ULM will take on Old Dominion.

LSU men’s basketball also in action tonight as they visit a struggling Auburn team.