Suki Wiggs was in the zone Thursday night.
Unfortunately for the UAA men's basketball team, so was Middle Tennessee State.
Wiggs turned in a marvelous 35-point effort -- one of the highest-scoring performances in the 38 years of the Great Alaska Shootout -- but Middle Tennessee State's zone defense carried the Blue Raiders to a dramatic 75-72 first-round win over the Seawolves.
Read more: Middle Tennessee State survives UAA comeback, 35 points from Wiggs to claim narrow Shootout victory
The first five minutes of the game couldn't have gone much better for UNC Asheville in its 85-66 win over Drexel on Thursday at the GCI Great Alaska Shootout at the Alaska Airlines Center.
The Bulldogs (2-3) went up 12-0, making five of their first six shots while the Dragons (0-4) faltered during that span, with their fouls outnumbering their shots.
Read more: UNC Asheville capitalizes on Drexel's mistakes in Shootout win
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