WICHITA STATE (2-2) vs. ALABAMA (3-1)
Charleston Classic 5th Place Game | Tournament Bracket: Link
Sunday, Nov. 18 | 12:30 p.m. CT (1:30 p.m. ET) | Charleston, S.C./ TD Arena
Telecast: ESPNU w/ Jordan Bernham & Corey Alexander
Radio: Shocker Radio (KEYN 103.7 FM // GoShockers.com/Listen) w/ Mike Kennedy & Bob Hull
 

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>>> Wichita State (2-2) battles Alabama (3-1) in the Charleston Classic fifth-place game. The 12:30 p.m. CT (1:30 ET) tip airs on ESPNU.
 
OPENING TIPS:
***WSU is 1-1 for the week, losing a defensive struggle to Davidson in Thursday's quarterfinals (57-53) before bouncing back with an 82-76 victory over App State on Friday.
***The series with Alabama is tied 4-4. This is the sixth meeting in nine seasons. WSU is 3-2 in that stretch, which began with a Shocker win in the 2011 NIT Championship game. WSU swept a home-and-home in 2013 and 2014. Alabama won the last meeting in the 2015 Advocare Invitational.
***WSU shot just 30.8% against Davidson but made over half its shots in the win over ASU (.508). Markis McDuffie scored 15 of his team-high 24 points over the final 6:18, at which point WSU had trailed 66-61. Jaime Echenique logged the Shockers' first double-double of the year. The JUCO transfer talled 12 points and 11 rebounds (both career highs). Freshman Jamarius Burton dished out a team-best six assists.
***McDuffie has averaged 21.0 points in two Charleston Classic games. He's 7-of-12 (.583) from three.
***The tournament's two-leading rebounders entering day-three are WSU's Erik Stevenson and Jaime Echenique (17-each).
***For the year, McDuffie is averaging 20.5 points. Just one other Marshall Era Shocker (2007-Pr.) has enjoyed a better four-game start to a season: Ron Baker put up 86 (21.5 points) in the first four games of the 2015-16 season.
 
Most Points, First Four Games (Marshall Era, 2007-Pr.)
Ron Baker (2015-16) – 21.5 (86 points)*
Markis McDuffie (2018-19) – 20.5 (82)
Ron Baker (2014-15) – 18.5 (74)
Shaquille Morris (2017-18) – 17.5 (70)
Landry Shamet (2017-18) – 17.3 (69)
 
***McDuffie has 935 career points. He needs just 89 more to become the 47th member of WSU's 1,000-point club.
***In its two wins, WSU has averaged 82.5 points, shot 50.4% from the field and made exactly half of its threes (21-of-42), with McDuffie averaging 28.0 points. In its two losses, WSU has averaged 55.5 points and hit 33.6% from the floor (15/55 from three).
***The Shockers were outrebounded by 11 in the season-opener against Louisiana Tech but have won the battle on the boards in each of their last three games. They outrebounded ASU, 35-29.
 

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Charleston Classic Leaders -- Points:
54 -- Edwards (Purdue)
42 -- McDuffie (Wichita St.)
42 -- Forrest (Appalachian St.)
41 -- Alexander-Walker (VA Tech)
40 -- Gudmundsson (Davidson)
 
Charleston Classic Leaders -- Rebounds:
17 -- Stevenson (Wichita St.)
17 -- Echenique (Wichita St.)
15 -- Boudreaux (Purdue)
15 -- Hall (Alabama)
 

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A SHOCKER WIN WOULD…  
… improve their record to 3-2.
… give them a fifth-place finish in the Charleston Classic (2-1 for the week).
… give them back-to-back wins for the first time this season.
… give them a 5-4 lead in the all-time series with Alabama.
… make them 4-2 against the Tide under Gregg Marshall.
… make Marshall 11-2 all-time in Charleston, S.C.
… improve Marshall's career mark to 483-183 in 21 seasons.
 
A SHOCKER LOSS WOULD…
… lower their record to 2-3.
… give them a sixth-place finish in the Charleston Classic.
… give Alabama a 5-4 lead in the all-time series.
… make Gregg Marshall 3-3 against the Crimson Tide.
… lower Marshall's career mark to 482-184 in 21 seasons.
… be less good than a win.
 
UP NEXT:
The Shockers return home to Rice on Sunday, Nov. 25. The 2 p.m. CT tip airs on YurView Kansas (Cox HD 2022 and in all 50 states on YurView.com/Kansas).