Albion’s youngsters were beaten 3-2 at Burnley on Friday night.
The Clarets raced into a three-goal lead at the break thanks to a Max Thompson brace, with a Dara Costelloe strike sandwiched in between.
But the Baggies came out firing in the second 45 and pulled two early goals back.
Jamie Andrews made it 3-1 in the 51st minute and Rico Richards then added another four minutes later to propel Albion to within one of the hosts.
However, Richard Beale’s side were unable to find a third and Burnley hung on to claim all three PL2 points.
Albion: Trialist; Nguepissi, Taylor, Ashworth; Ingram, Trialist (Teixeira 57), Andrews, Shaw (M.Richards 77); R.Richards (Castro 71), Faal, Fellows.
Subs: Cisse (GK), Malcolm.