JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Kobe Julien scored 15 points and Arkansas State beat Louisiana 83-63 on Thursday night. Julien also contributed eight rebounds for the Red Wolves (13-5, 4-2 Sun Belt Conference). Joseph Pinion scored 13 points and added eight rebounds and five assists. Terrance Ford Jr. had 13 points.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Cam Carter scored 27 points and LSU beat Arkansas 78-74 on Tuesday night. LSU's Jordan Sears made a pair of free throws to end the scoring with 21 seconds left. Arkansas missed its next two shots and had its last shot blocked.

Cam Carter scored 27 points, Jordan Sears added 17 and LSU claimed its first SEC victory by defeating Arkansas 78-74 on Tuesday night in Baton Rouge, La.

Arkansas State plays the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns after Taryn Todd scored 21 points in Arkansas State's 84-78 victory against the Troy Trojans.

LSU’s average of 8.1 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.6 more made shots on average than the 7.5 per game Arkansas allows. Arkansas has shot at a 48.5% clip from the field this season, 9.3 percentage points above the 39.2% shooting opponents of LSU have averaged.

The Louisiana women’s basketball team is off to its best start in the SBC since 2020, holding a 4-1 record. However, the Cajuns face a critical 11-day stretch, playing Arkansas State and Troy twice.

Turnovers: 6 (Julien 2, Nelson, Pinion, T.Ford, Todd). Steals: 3 (D.Ford, J.Johnson, Pinion). Technical Fouls: None.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jaheim Stern tied the US National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) lead in the men’s 60m hurdles after he ran a personal best and venue record 7.64 seconds to win the event at Friday’s Louisiana State University (LSU) Baton Rouge Purple Tiger indoor meet at Maddox Field House in Baton Rouge.

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CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Tim Casper, executive vice president for student affairs at Madison College, has been named interim president after Jack E. Daniels III retired. David Wain Coon, former president of College of Marin, has been named acting president of San Jose City College.

Southern Arkansas has been pegged at No. 2 in the Great American Conference pre-season softball ballot. Southern Nazarene collected nine first-place votes to enter the season as the preseason favorite.

Arkansas State is 1-1 in games decided by less than 4 points. The Ragin' Cajuns are 3-2 in conference play. Louisiana gives up 75.6 points to opponents while being outscored by 9.4 points per game.