The Pelicans are home tonight to face the Warriors, who have the best record in the NBA. The Pels enter tonight’s action a half game back of Oklahoma City for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Coach Monty Williams has told his team not to worry about O-K-C…
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New Orleans has lost 11 straight games to Golden State. Tip-off is at 7 PM.

A twist in the Darren Sharper case today, as a New Orleans judge delayed the arraignment until the federal case of the drug charges is resolved. The former Saints star was expected to plead guilty in state court to charges related to drugging and raping women, in order to enact a global plea deal that would send Sharper to jail for 9 years

LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri is changing his weekend rotation. Austin Bain is the new Sunday starter after his solid outing against Alabama last weekend, while former Sunday starter Jake Godfrey will start tomorrow night instead. Godfrey has been rocked in his last two outings and Coach Paul Mainieri says the freshman from Illinois is having trouble locating his breaking ball in the strike zone and opposing hitters are sitting on his fastball…
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LSU begins a six-game homestand tonight against UNO.

In other action…the Ragin Cajuns host 22nd ranked Houston. The home team has won the last eight games in this series. Also tonight…ULM hosts McNeese State, S-L-U hosts South Alabama and Nicholls State is Tulane.