Photos: Great Alaska Shootout, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015

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UAA walks back to their bench disappointed after the final buzzer. Western Kentucky beat UAA in the championship game of the Great Alaska Shootout women’s basketball tournament on Wednesday, November 25, 2015.

Every possession was a battle, nearly every shot was contested and the winner could be better described as a survivor in a rugged Wednesday night game that decided the women's champion of the GCI Great Alaska Shootout.

Western Kentucky used a decisive size advantage to hold off UAA 62-58 in a Wednesday night dogfight at the Alaska Airlines Center.

The loss was UAA's first of the season, snapping a 10-game winning streak. It won't go on the team's record, though, because the game was an exhibition for the Seawolves.

Read more: Western Kentucky wins Shootout title in a dogfight with UAA

The third game of the GCI Great Alaska Shootout proved to be the closest yet.

The George Mason women's basketball team beat Pepperdine 71-63 Wednesday at the Alaska Airlines Center in a game that was close until the Patriots extended their lead with a series of free throws at the end. George Mason finished third in the four-team tournament.

Read more: George Mason beats Pepperdine to finish third in Shootout