HONOLULU – Utah State brushed off an embarrassing loss to Weber State earlier this week, putting forth its best defensive game of the season in an 84-56 blowout victory over Seattle in the Aggies’ opening game in the Hawaii Airlines Diamond Head Classic. “It was a really big win for us, especially coming after a loss like that,” Aggie guard Max Shulga said. “It’s good to get back on track.” “We challenged our guys in a couple of different things going into this game,” USU head coach Ryan Odom said. “And I thought throughout the game our guys were up for the fight.” Defense has been the one key weakness for the Aggies this season, nearly costing them in multiple outings and finally burning them in the upset loss to the Wildcats on Monday. Those defensive weaknesses were not present in the slightest in Hawaii as USU held Seattle to 29 percent shooting, the lowest the Aggies have allowed since Dec. 11, 2021 in an 82-50 win over New Orleans. Odom said he showed his team a bunch of clips of the Weber State game where the Aggies struggled on that end of the floor. “We were not intentional (against