Wichita State at Clemson 3/24/19 - NIT Basketball Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 08/21/2019 at 11:11 AM ET

On Sunday, the Wichita State Shockers face the Clemson Tigers in an NIT second round matchup at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, South Carolina. The Shockers defeated the Furman Paladins on Wednesday 76-70 in their first round matchup. Markis McDuffie led Wichita State in the win with 20 points, while Jaime Echenique scored 16 points and pulled down 10 rebounds.

Marcquise Reed came up big for Clemson scoring 24 points to lead the Tigers to a 75-69 win over Wright State on Tuesday in the first round of the NIT. Elijah Thomas chipped in with 17 points, while David Skara scored 16 and pulled down a team-high nine rebounds for the Tigers.
Markus McDuffie leads the Shockers in scoring with an average of 18.3 points per game. Jamarius Barton is the assists leader with an average of 3.4 per game. Jaime Echenique leads the Shockers in rebounds with an average of 5.8 per game. Wichita State is shooting 40.6% from the field and 31.0% from 3-point territory.

Marcquise Reed is the leading scorer and second leading rebounder for the Tigers with an average of 19.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. Reed is the team leader in assists with an average of 3.1 per game. The leading rebounder is Elijah Thomas with an average of 7.9 per game. Clemson is shooting 46.1% from the field and 33.3% from 3-point territory.

While Clemson will have the advantage of playing at home and will come out on top, the Shockers will play well enough to cover the number. Wichita State has covered the number in each of the last 4 overall and 7 of the last 8 on the road. The Shockers have covered the number in 8 of the last 10 following a win ATS. Final Score Prediction, Clemson Tigers win but fall short ATS 72-67.

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