Layton Christian had watched a comfortable fourth-quarter lead shrink to just five points in a matter of seconds.

Layton Christian's Antwain Harvey had the answer.

Ah, that would be no and William Beard added an emphatic heck no.

Harvey scored 18 points, four points in the final minute, and Beard scored eight of his 17 points in the fourth quarter to help Layton Christian score a huge Region 14 road win with a 69-56 victory over American Leadership Academy on Wednesday night.

"We played selfish basketball. We had some kids come into the game trying to see how many points they could score and not playing team basketball," said ALA coach Joel Martinez. "We've got to come back against Juab (Friday) and stay together as a team and play organized basketball."

ALA had to play without its starting center Rogelio Castanda, who missed the game with a knee injury and without the 6-foot-7 center, Layton Christian had its way in the key in the fourth quarter and pulled away for the win.

ALA had it going early in the third quarter when it opened its biggest lead of the game at 36-28 lead thanks the to a free throw from David Armendariz, a basket from Jason Ashby, followed by an Ashby 3-pointer, but Layton Christian stormed back to take the lead.

Five points by Micah Shore gave four points from Beard gave Layton Christian a 37-36 lead and a 23-foot 3-pointer by Mike Valdez to end the scoring in the third quarter gave Layton Christian a 43-41 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

Once Layton Christian had the lead, the Eagles wouldn't give it up. Harvey had two of his five steals on the fourth quarter and Beard beat ALA in transition and found space in the paint to help Layton Christian hold on for the win.

Armendariz led ALA with 14 points, including three 3-pointers. He also had seven rebounds. Brady Mower finished with 13 points and Ashby had 11 for ALA, who dropped to 3-2 in region play and 10-4 overall.

LAYTON CHRISTIAN (69)

Valdez 9, Shore 5, Harvey 18, Washington 8, Jessop 4, Beard 17, Silveira 5, Butler 2. Totals 21 15-16 69.

ALA (56)

Mower 13, Ashby 11, Delgado 7, Edmunds 7, Armendariz 14. Totals 17 15-19 56.

Layton Christian 12 12 19 26 -- 69

ALA 11 14 15 15 -- 56

3-point goals: Layton Christian 4 (Valdez 2, Silveira, Shore). ALA 7 (Armendariz 3, Mower 2, Ashby, Delgado).

Late Tuesday girls game

• Payson 71, Tooele 56: At Payson, the Lions picked up their first Region 7 victory on Tuesday as Katelyn Bateman was hot, scoring 24 points, and Brooke Hiatt returned from illness that kept her sidelined last week with 13 points.

The Lions' pressure defense provided them with several steals and layups as they raced to an 18-7 lead. Payson led by six at the break, then went on a 22-10 run in the third quarter to put the game away.

Karlie Mangelson added 11 points and Morgan Bateman nine for the Lions.

TOOELE (56)

Lyman 2, Haskell 2, Lescanec 10, Nigh 14, A.Bird 22, C,Bird 6. Totals 18 14-19 56.

PAYSON (71)

Hiskey 7, Bushman 3, K.Bateman 24, Ford 2, M.Bateman 9, Hiatt 13, Mangelson 11. Totals 23 17-27 71.

Tooele 7 19 10 20 -- 56

Payson 18 14 22 27 -- 71

3-point goals: Tooele 1 (Nigh), Payson 4 (K.Bateman 4).