BATON ROUGE - All-America candidate LaSondra Barrett scored a game-high 17 points -- including LSU's last 10 points of the game -- to lift the Lady Tiger basketball team to its 400th all-time Maravich Center victory by a score of 53-49 over Mississippi State on Thursday night.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The No. 22 LSU softball team is slated to be featured six times on television for the upcoming 2012 season Wednesday as announced by the SEC office.

BATON ROUGE - LSU Coach Trent Johnson met with the media Thursday in preparation for Saturday's 6 p.m. ESPN2 game at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center against Alabama.

BATON ROUGE - LSU sophomore football players Craig Loston and Barkevious Mingo took advantage of the off-season and visited the patients in Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital Wednesday.

BATON ROUGE -- The LSU men's tennis team's home doubleheader against Tulane and UNO Friday has been rescheduled due to the possibility of inclement weather.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - For the fourth time in six weeks the 14th-ranked LSU gymnastics team heads back on the road to take on No. 4 Florida at 6 p.m. CT Friday in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.

BATON ROUGE - The No. 22 LSU softball team ushers in the next chapter of its storied history under first-year coach Beth Torina and plays host to the Tiger Classic at Tiger Park this weekend. The Tigers welcomes Louisiana Tech, No. 15 Michigan and Penn State to the capital city.

BATON ROUGE - For the second time in three weeks, the LSU Track & Field teams will travel to the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark., to compete in the 2012 Tyson Invitational scheduled for this weekend on Friday and Saturday on the campus of the University of Arkansas.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Vanderbilt used a strong finishing kick and scored 13 of the last 15 points over the final five minutes to emerge with a 76-61 victory over the LSU men's basketball team Wednesday at Memorial Gym.

BATON ROUGE - The LSU women's basketball team, coming off a signature victory over No. 5 Kentucky last week, takes renewed confidence into Thursday's game against Mississippi State as the Lady Tigers close a three-game homestand at 6 p.m. in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

BATON ROUGE - LSU volleyball player Madie Jones and swimmer Kaelee Mader participated in National Give Kids a Smile Day last Friday at the Associates in Pediatric Dentistry Office at the Women's Hospital.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - LSU outside hitter Helen Boyle, middle blocker Desiree Elliott and libero Meghan Mannari have been invited to attend open tryouts this weekend for the United States Women's National A2 Program held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

BATON ROUGE - For the fourth-consecutive season, the LSU softball program has set a new benchmark for season tickets sales. The Tigers have already sold 621 season tickets as of Wednesday morning as announced by the LSU Athletics Ticket Office.

BATON ROUGE - Former LSU All-American and 2011 NCAA champion John Peterson is set to make his anticipated PGA Tour debut this weekend as he competes as part of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am beginning Thursday at the famous Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, Calif.

BATON ROUGE - LSU offensive guard Josh Dworaczyk has been granted an extension to his five-year clock and will get a sixth year, the NCAA announced on Wednesday.

BATON ROUGE - LSU head coach Dennis Shaver announced Wednesday that the third-annual LSU Track & Field Team Awards and Alumni Recognition Banquet will be held Friday, April 20, at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center as part of the LSU Alumni Gold meet festivities the following day.

BATON ROUGE -- Eighteen of LSU's regular-season baseball games will be televised in 2012 by national and regional networks, while 30 of LSU's 38 home baseball games will be available via an "HD" online stream in the Geaux Zone at www.LSUsports.net/HDbaseball.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Before Morris Claiborne celebrated his 22nd birthday and was honored as the Jim Thorpe Award at a dinner Tuesday night, the All-American from LSU had work to do.

BATON ROUGE - The LSU marketing department has announced its softball promotions schedule for the upcoming 2012 season at Tiger Park.

BATON ROUGE -- The LSU Lady Tigers team (2-2) split a couple of matches, each by a 5-2 scoreline, with a victory over the Southern Jaguars (0-3) following their defeat against the Rice Owls (5-0) at the W.T. "Dub" Robinson Tennis Stadium on Tuesday.