The Drake University men's basketball team plays its final game at the Gulf Coast Challenge Wednesday in the third-place game against Pepperdine at 5 p.m. CST.

Wednesday's game will be available to view via the BD Global Sports YouTube channel by clicking here.

Pepperdine opened the tournament with an 84-70 win over Duquesne, followed by a 59-55 loss to Murray State. The Waves are led by Lamond Murray, Jr. and Stacy Davis with 15.0 points per game. In the loss to Murray State, Davis had 17 points and 11 rebounds. The Waves are coached by Marty Wilson, who was a member of Drake head coach Ray Giacoletti's staff at Utah.

The Bulldogs advanced to the third-place game via an 81-79 overtime win over Western Kentucky to open the tournament, followed by a 74-58 loss to Weber State on Tuesday evening. Tuesday's loss was courtesy of 34 points from Weber State's Jeremy Senglin. Senglin and guard McKay Cannon combined to shoot 12-of-18 from three-point range.

Graham Woodward (Edina, Minn.) led Drake in the loss with 18 points on a 4-of-7 night from the three-point arc. The redshirt sophomore is shooting 57 percent from three-point range this season.

Kale Abrahamson (West Des Moines, Iowa) followed up his 41-point night with 11 points against Weber State. On Monday against WKU, he scored a career-high 41 points on 13-of-23 shooting. In addition to setting a Gulf Coast Showcase record, that total tied for the seventh highest total in school history and the highest since 1981.

Following Wednesday's game, the Bulldogs return home to host UIC on Saturday at the Knapp Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. The last time the Bulldogs and Flames met Drake prevailed 61-59 on a runner as time expired from Richard Carter in Ray Giacoletti's first game on the bench. Carter scored 38 in the win to open the 2013-14 season.