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LSU baseball dominated by Southern in midweek loss Monday night

Unfortunately, this is not an April Fools’ joke. The Southern Jaguars dominated the LSU Tigers at Alex Box Stadium on Monday night.

Unfortunately, this is not an April Fools’ joke. The Southern Jaguars dominated the LSU Tigers at Alex Box Stadium on Monday night.

Southern won the game 12-7 and LSU did not lead at any point. LSU cut the lead to 3-2 entering the fifth inning but that was as close as they could get.

[autotag]Kade Anderson[/autotag] started on the mound as the Tigers looked to bounce back against Southern after being swept by Arkansas.

In the top of the second inning, Southern got on the board first with a three-run homer against Anderson to give them a 3-0 lead. In the bottom of the fourth inning, [autotag]Ben Nippolt[/autotag] hit a sacrifice fly and [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] had a sacrifice bunt to cut the lead to 3-2.

In the top of the fifth inning, Southern did some damage against [autotag]Christian Little[/autotag] and [autotag]Justin Loer[/autotag] as they scored five more runs to increase their lead to 8-2. In the bottom of the fifth, [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] had an RBI groundout and [autotag]Brady Neal[/autotag] hit a two-run homer to cut the lead to 8-5.

In the top of the sixth, an LSU error led to another run for Southern as they increased their lead to 9-5. In the bottom of the sixth, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] scored on a wild pitch to cut the lead to 9-6.

In the bottom of the eighth, Jared Jones hit a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 9-7. In the top of the ninth, [autotag]Michael Braswell III[/autotag] committed his second error of the evening leading to another run for Southern. A fielder’s choice and another error led to more runs for Southern as they increased their lead to 12-7.

LSU will host No. 6 Vanderbilt this weekend. Game 1 of the series is scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m. CT.

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WBB Recap: Ducks get defensive in big 30-point win over Southern

WBB Recap: Oregon overwhelms Southern 67-37 with a big first half and a career night for Phillipina Kyei.

All the Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team needed was a little home cooking.

The Ducks won their third straight game with a 67-37 win over Southern to improve to 7-3 for the season. Oregon defeated Idaho and Portland State on back-to-back days this past weekend.

Southern dropped to 1-7 on the year.

Unlike in their previous two games, the Ducks were able to put the Jaguars away fairly early in the contest. They took a 36-19 halftime lead and cruised in the second half.

Phillipina Kyei led the Ducks with 16 points and a career-high 21 rebounds. Grace VanSlooten and Chance Gray each added 15 points for Oregon. They each had five assists.

Southern didn’t have anyone in double figures, but Sky Castro did lead the Jags with eight points.

Oregon will end its four-game homestand on Sunday, Dec. 17 when the Ducks host Texas-San Antonio. After that, the Ducks will head to St. George, Utah to play in the Trailblazer Classic where Oregon will face Utah Tech Dec. 19 and Oklahoma State Dec. 21.

Pac-12 play finally gets underway New Year’s Eve with the Civil War in Corvallis.

Thatcher Hurd struggles but Tre Morgan hits for the cycle in run-rule win over Southern

The Tigers overcame an early 4-0 deficit with 18 consecutive runs.

Despite falling behind early in the game, the Tigers managed to bounce back in a big way against Southern on Tuesday night thanks to a monster game from Tre Morgan. He hit for the cycle in order and totaled eight RBI in an 18-4 win as the game ended after seven innings thanks to the run rule.

UCLA transfer [autotag]Thatcher Hurd[/autotag] got his first start on the mound in an LSU uniform, and it did not go as planned. Going into the season, coach [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] said that Hurd had some work to do because he was struggling with accuracy. That showed big time against the Southern Jaguars.

Hurd only lasted two full innings before being pulled after giving up four runs on six hits, three walks and three strikeouts. That rough start had the Tigers down 4-0 going into the bottom of the third inning. That’s when the LSU bats showed up big time.

After [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] was hit by a pitch and [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] was walked, [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] hit an RBI double to right field to score Crews and cut the lead to 4-1.

Morgan then hit Dugas with the “Anything you can, do I can do better,” as he hit a two-RBI double to left field to cut the lead to 4-3. Then, [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] hit a two-run shot to left to give the Tigers their first lead of the ball game.

[autotag]Christian Little[/autotag] came in to pitch for Hurd in the third inning and he continued on the mound until the middle of the 6th inning. Little was given the job of stopping the early bleeding and he did his job very well.

He finished the game going 3.2 innings, and he only allowed one hit with six strikeouts and one walk.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, after [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] was hit by a pitch and Crews walked, Jobert finally got a good swing on a pitch as he hit a three-run shot to left field to make it 8-4 Tigers after four innings.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, LSU put up five more runs as [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] scored on a wild pitch, Morgan hit a three-RBI triple to left field to score Dugas, Jobert and Crews, and Jones hit an RBI single up the middle to score Morgan to make it 13-4 after five innings.

Freshman [autotag]Griffin Herring[/autotag] made his first appearance of the season as he came in to get the final out of the sixth inning.

In the bottom of the sixth, Thompson scored on a groundout by [autotag]Ethan Frey[/autotag]. [autotag]Gavin Guidry[/autotag] followed that with an RBI single to left field to score Stevenson and make it 15-4 before Morgan hit a three-run bomb to make it 18-4.

With that homer, Morgan completed the cycle. He hit a single, double, triple, and a homer in that order. Morgan’s cycle was the first cycle for LSU since Mikie Mahtook in 2010 against Alcorn State.

Morgan finished the game 4-for-5 with eight RBI.

Herring stayed in to pitch the seventh inning as he tried to end the game in a run rule. The first batter he faced roped a double to the left field line and he was removed from the mound after that as [autotag]Garrett Edwards[/autotag] came in to pitch for the Tigers. Edwards got three outs in a row without allowing a run to close things out.

LSU will be back in action this weekend in the Round Rock Classic as the Tigers take on Kansas State on Friday at 2 p.m. CT.

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No. 1 LSU vs. Southern: How to watch, stream, preview for first baseball midweek contest on Tuesday

The Tigers return to The Box on Tuesday afternoon to take on Southern.

The preseason No. 1 Tigers baseball team impressed in its opening series over the weekend, sweeping Western Michigan by a combined score of 24-5 to begin the season 3-0.

LSU will be back in action at Alex Box Stadium on Tuesday night for its first midweek contest of the season against the Southern Jaguars. [autotag]Thatcher Hurd[/autotag], a transfer from UCLA, is set to get the start on the mound in what will be his first appearance with the Tigers.

Southern is also 3-0 after winning each of its contests at the Cactus Jack HBCU Classic against Jackson State (5-4), Grambling (4-3) and Texas Southern (11-1, seven innings). LSU holds a 58-3 all-time record against Southern with the last loss coming in 2019. The Tigers won both games in this series last year.

“I thought the entire (season-opening) weekend (vs. Western Michigan) was great, a really good model for what we want to establish going forward,” coach [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] said in a release. “We had really good starting pitching, really good defense and we were excellent in situational hitting. I really liked the amount of guys that contributed to winning as well. We’re looking forward to facing a very good Southern team that played extremely well over the weekend. We’d love to see a big Mardi Gras crowd at ‘The Box’ on Tuesday.”

Here’s everything you need to know to follow Tuesday night’s game.

Oregon WBB recap: Ducks take first SWAC legacy series matchup

Oregon’s size and talent overwhelmed Southern in a 37-point road win to improve to 3-0.

Kelly Graves’ halftime talk must have been about defense because the Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team’s effort on that end of the floor ratcheted up a notch or two in the third quarter.

The Ducks went on an 18-0 run to start the second half and cruised to an 83-46 win over Southern. The trip to Baton Rouge is part of the scheduling agreement between the Pac-12 and the SWAC in both men’s and women’s basketball.

Oregon’s size and overall talent overwhelmed the Jaguars, who fell to 0-3 this year. No one can accuse Southern in scheduling cupcakes. They lost to No. 4 Iowa and No. 8 Iowa State before this loss to the No. 21 Ducks.

Southern was held to just 34 percent from the field on 18-of-53 shooting. The Ducks had their best shooting night of the season going 29-of-56 (51.8 percent), including 11-of-30 from long range.

Ahlise Hurst led the Ducks with 15 points on five three-pointers.

Deion Sanders, Jackson State stand 8-0 after blanking Southern

Deion Sanders and Jackson State with another impressive victory

ESPN’s College GameDay stopped by Jackson State on Saturday before the Tigers’ rivalry game with Southern.

Deion Sanders’ team went out and put on another clinic, thrashing the Jaguars, 35-0. The win improved the Tigers to 8-0 over and 5-0 in SWAC play.

The game was stopped for a weather delay early in the fourth quarter but it mattered not as Jackson State added a final touchdown when it resumed.

Shedeur Sanders threw for 194 yards and a touchdown. The coach’s son also ran for 2 scores.

Sy’Veon Wilkerson ran for 96 yards, including a 26-yard TD run.

The Jackson State defense allowed 85 passing yards and 221 total yards.

Up next for Coach Sanders’ team is Texas Southern.

COLUMN: When football is good in Louisiana, it’s good for LSU

When there’s a lot of football talent in the state of Louisiana, LSU is the beneficiary.

The tradition of football in the state of Louisiana is strong. From LSU to Tulane to Southern, this sport runs deep within the state’s blood.

LSU is lucky in the sense that it doesn’t have a natural rival in the state. There’s not another Power Five school in Louisiana.

However, there are 11 Division I programs in the state that play football (New Orleans is the lone school to not have the sport), including five at the FBS level.

Along with LSU, there’s Louisiana, ULM, Louisiana Tech and Tulane. At the FCS level, there’s also Grambling, McNeese, Nicholls, Northwestern State, Southeastern and Southern.

This weekend, Southern is set to travel to Jackson State, where ESPN’s College GameDay pregame show will also be in attendance. It’ll be GameDay’s first trip to an HBCU and first trip to an FCS school since 2019.

The spotlight will be on Deion Sanders and Jackson State. After all, the Tigers have earned it. To many, Southern will be nothing but an afterthought on Saturday.

But the Southern helmet is still going to sit in front of that ESPN desk on national television for three hours on Saturday morning. A lot of people that don’t know the school exists suddenly will.

When Southern faced LSU in September, it was beneficial for the city and the state. LSU knows that, too. It’s why the Tigers continually schedule these in-state schools and run camps together.

Whether the reasons are selfish or not, LSU wants these schools to be good at football. More good football players in the state — whether at the high school or college level — means there’s a better chance more good football players end up at LSU.

Imagine what this LSU secondary would look like if it weren’t for [autotag]Mekhi Garner[/autotag] transferring from Louisiana and [autotag]Colby Richardson[/autotag] coming from McNeese.

We can talk about [autotag]Kyren Lacy[/autotag] too, a wide receiver who joined Garner from Louisiana.

It’s not a bad time for the state right now.

  • LSU is 6-2 and coming off its most significant win yet.
  • Tulane is 7-1, ranked and contending for a spot in the NY6.
  • Southern is riding a four-game win streak and is 3-1 in conference play.
  • Northwestern State is 3-0 in conference play

There are some struggles at other spots. Grambling has yet to win a conference game and Louisiana is in the midst of a rebuild, but those programs have strong foundations that can be worked with.

Jackson State will most likely get the win on Saturday, but Southern is a competent team, and I expect the Jaguars to be in this game. More eyes will be on this game than usual. It would be a big deal if Southern were to roll into Jackson and beat Deion’s team.

In the state of Louisiana, few things are of more importance than football. On LSU’s bye week, take some time to check out some other things happening in the state.

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Where is ESPN’s College GameDay this week? Not Penn State

ESPN announces destination for College GameDay in week 8.

When Penn State plays Ohio State, it is far from uncommon for ESPN to bring its traveling pregame show, College GameDay, to the campus hosting that year’s game. The Penn State-Ohio State matchup is tied for the most times being featured by GameDay (Alabama-LSU has also been featured 11 times). But this week will not see the GameDay bus roll into State College ahead of Penn State’s big home game against the Buckeyes. Instead, GameDay is heading elsewhere.

ESPN announced GameDay will instead be heading to Jackson State for its big rivalry game with Southern. It is the first time in program history GameDay is heading to an HBCU school on its season-long tour, but it should not be much of a surprise to see Jackson State being the school to finally bring GameDay to an HBCU.

With Deion Sanders as the head coach, Jackson State has been on the college football map like never before. The Tigers are off to a 7-0 start this season and games have rarely been close. The leaders in the SWAC East Division will host Southern, the leaders in the SWAC West Division.

Southern’s only two losses this season came against LSU and Texas Southern. The Jaguars are looking to get back to the SWAC Championship Game for the first time since 2019 and win its first conference championship since 2013. Jackson State won the SWAC title last year under Sanders in his first season as the head coach.

If there is one thing we know, it is that Sanders loves to live in the spotlight, and it is awesome to see Sanders find a way to bring the ESPN spotlight to an HBCU program and the HBCU world of college football as a whole.

So for now, Penn State’s 10th time hosting College GameDay will likely have to wait until next season at this point. The Ohio State game is the biggest game remaining on the home schedule for the Nittany Lions.

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ESPN College GameDay heading to Deion Sanders, Jackson State

ESPN College GameDay will be at Southern-Jackson State on October 29

The Deion Sanders impact at Jackson State is in full force.

The Tigers are 7-0, 4-0 in the SWAC’s East Division, and heading into a rivalry game against Southern, which is 5-2 and leads the conference’s West Division at 3-1.

The game will attract national attention and the hype will be on Saturday as ESPN has announced College GameDay will be heading to Mississippi to set the scene.

LSU falls in USA TODAY Sports college football re-rank after Week 2

The Tigers won in blowout fashion, but they slipped further in this week’s 1-131 re-rank.

LSU looked like a much-improved football team on Saturday night, but even a dominating win over Southern can’t undo the disappointing Week 1 loss to Florida State.

The Tigers took quite a hit in the USA TODAY Sports rankings of all 131 FBS teams last week, and despite the big win, they fell even further in this week’s edition. Now, LSU (1-1) sits at No. 56, three spots lower than it did in last week’s rankings from Paul Myerberg.

It’s disappointing to see after a performance against the Jaguars that was impressive, even given the quality of the opponent. The Tigers scored 37 points in the first quarter, the most in a single quarter in program history.

They’ll have the chance to rise in the rankings quite a bit this week, though. Mississippi State (No. 38) comes to Baton Rouge to open SEC play on Saturday night fresh off a road win against Arizona. A win in that game — as a home underdog, no less — would go a long way to rehabilitate the national perception of this year’s Tigers team.

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