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Photos: 2015 GCI Great Alaska Shootout, Day 1

Mayhem isn't just a word on the back of their warmups. It's a way of life on the basketball court for players on the UAA women's team, who press and trap and generally annoy the heck out of opponents with their full-court defensive pressure.

In Tuesday's 94-61 steamrolling of Pepperdine in the first round of the GCI Great Alaska Shootout, mayhem happened early and often at the Alaska Airlines Center.

It made its first appearance two minutes into the game when UAA junior guard Kiki Robertson stole the ball at midcourt and raced for an uncontested layup for a 4-0 lead.

Read more: UAA rolls over Pepperdine in Shootout

Winning a game at the Great Alaska Shootout is nothing new for Western Kentucky women's basketball coach Michelle Clark-Heard — it just wasn't something recent.

Clark-Heard's Hilltoppers beat George Mason 84-58 Tuesday to tip off the GCI Great Alaska Shootout at the Alaska Airlines Center. Previously, Clark-Heard hit the court as a player when Western Kentucky finished third in 1988 back when the tournament was still the Northern Lights Invitational.

Read more: Clark-Heard returns to Shootout as coach, Western Kentucky beats George Mason in tourney opener

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