play.

in the world, Bray replied, 'He probably didn't.

'On a couple of those three-pointers I told him he pulled them a little too quickly. But overall he played with a lot of confidence.'

Albert hit the Blue Devils' only three-pointer in the first quarter as the visitors held a 15-13 edge after the first eight minutes. But it was bombs away in the second quarter as Brandon Atwood got it going by hitting a trey while being fouled and then converting the free-throw for a fourpoint

play.

One minute later senior Dylan Gazo found nothing but the bottom of the net from behind the arc, which gave West Memphis a 2216 lead. Albert then made back-to-back threes and suddenly it was a ninepoint Blue Devil lead at 28-19.

The final dagger came at the halftime buzzer as Gazo side-stepped a defender and swished a trey to give his team a 3322 lead at intermission.

'We did shoot it well tonight, but one thing I thought was just as important was our turnovers were down,' said Bray.

'That's one thing that's been hurting us lately.'

Even though senior Robert Harris canned a three-pointer less than two minutes into the third quarter, Central (12-12, 5-7) sliced its deficit to two points (36-34) with 3:19 left in the third quarter.

But West Memphis responded strongly as Gazo put back a missed shot and sophomore stalwart Zachary Byrd sank two free throws and then scored from close range to give the visitors a 42-34 edge after three quarters.

West Memphis' hopes were sustained as Bray went to his spread offense immediately at the start of the fourth quarter. The result was three layups, a rebound basket and a dunk by Byrd for the only field goals of the stanza.

West Memphis had five players score 6 or more points while Central got a game-high 25 points from Cameron Johnson. Besides teammate Jacobi Platt's 8, no other Tiger scored more than 2 points.

Harris added 11 for the Blue Devils while Gazo had 8 and Martavious Johnson had 6. A win Tuesday night at Lehr Arena against North Little Rock would give them the No. 2 seed from the 7AEast Conference, which would pit them against the No. 5 seed from the West at 5:30 p.m. on March 2.

A loss to North Little Rock would give West Memphis the No. 3 seed from the East.