The Shadow Mountain Matadors (Phoenix, AZ) basketball nipped the visiting Moon Valley Rockets (Phoenix, AZ), 70-68 in Tuesday's league test.

The Matadors (1-3) will now prepare for their test against St. Mary's (Phoenix, AZ). The Knights go into the 4A Skyline test with a 2-1 record. In their last test, St. Mary's got by Brophy College Prep (Phoenix, AZ), 59-54, in a non-league test.

The Rockets now own a 0-2 record. They play next when they travel to Bradshaw Mountain for a non-league test on Wednesday, January 27. Moon Valley will encounter a Bears squad coming off a 67-50 league win over Prescott (Prescott, AZ). The Bears record now stands at 1-0.