BLUE DEVILS (cont.)

court 3-pointer at the buzzer.

But West Memphis junior guard Max Reece erased that distinction when he buried a 3-pointer 57 seconds

game.

With 1:37 to play in the third quarter, Mills took a 44-33 lead, but a Reece trey, his third of the game, with 1:58 to play in the fourth quarter gave the hosts a 58-53 lead and momentum that the Blue Devils fed off of until the very end.

A Trey Long triple with 21 seconds to play brought Mills into a 60-60 tie.

But after a wild scramble near the basket, Barnes wriggled free for a gamewinning layup.

Barnes paced the Blue Devil offense with 25 points while Dequarious Birdo hit 17, 15 of which came in the second half.

Reece scored 9 and Demetrius Barrett pumped in 5.