Theyoung Puoy scored the game-winning basket Wednesday to carry the West Eagles past Palmer 44-43 and into the winners' bracket in the Dimond Prep Shootout.
The 16-team tournament tipped off with eight games that determined pairings for bracket competition that begins Thursday.
Wednesday's winners will play in the Gold bracket, which will crown a champion at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Wednesday's losers will play in the Maroon bracket, which has a 2 p.m. championship game Saturday.
Joining West in the top bracket were Wasilla, Colony, West Valley, Ketchikan, East, Dimond and Lathrop.
Lady Lynx Prep Shootout
Wednesday's scores
Ketchikan 44, Soldotna 15
West Valley 60, Thunder Mountain 27
Wasilla 65, South 36
Colony 51, Bartlett 32
East 57, Kenai 26
West 44, Palmer 43
Dimond 65, Juneau 25
Lahtrop 59, Chugiak 55
Thursday's games
Gold bracket (Wednesday's winners)
Main gym
2:45 p.m. – West Valley vs. Wasilla
4:30 p.m. – East vs. Lathrop
6:15 p.m. – Ketchikan vs. Colony
8 p.m. – West vs. Dimond
Maroon bracket (Wednesday's losers)
Auxiliary gym
2:30 p.m. – Soldotna vs. Bartlett
4:30 p.m. – Thunder Mountain vs. South
6:15 p.m. – Palmer vs. Juneau
8 p.m. – Kenai vs. Chugiak
Wednesday's top scorers
Soldotna -- Lindsey Wong 6 points
Ketchikan -- Courtney Kemble 15
West Valley -- Ruthy Hebard 18
Thunder Mountain -- Nina Fenumiai 8
Wasilla -- Azlynn Brandenburg 15, McKenna Dinkle 12
South -- Morgan Lash 12, Nani Garner 11
Colony -- Chase Stephens 16
Bartlett -- Brandee Hawley 13
East -- Jasmine Richards 17
Kenai -- Alexis Baker 10
West -- Martha Thor 15, Theyoung Puoy 14
Palmer -- Kali Bull 12
Dimond -- Whitney Shapp 17, Alissa Pili 16
Juneau -- Tona Fogg 6
Lathrop -- Tyra Do 22, Cheyenne Dibert 17
Chugiak -- Nicole Pinckney 22