All three games for Wichita State in the Charleston Classic came down to the wire, and the Shockers suffered their second loss of the week in a 90-86 defeat to Alabama in the fifth-place game of the tournament on Sunday at TD Arena.
The Shockers fell behind by 12 at halftime, rallied in the second half to tie the score with seven minutes, only to come up short of winning plays down the stretch.
Here are five takeaways for WSU:
1. Gregg Marshall’s halftime speech fires up WSU