It was one of those nights #2 Shadow Mountain's girls basketball team didn't shoot very well. What the Matadores did do, especially in the second half, was put the clamps on #4 Greenway's top scorers.

Shadow Mountain limited Greenway to five points in the fourth quarter, picked up late three-point field goals in the third quarter to claim the lead and went on to defeat the host Demons, 51-41, in a 4A Skyline Region game.

Shadow Mountain improved to 22-3 overall and 9-0 in region. It appears locked in as the No. 2 seed in 4A behind Seton Catholic with a 16-1 record in power-ranking games. Greenway (17-3, 7-2 region) fell to 15-2 in power-ranking games as it tries to remain in the top 4 of the 4A rankings. The Demons gave Shadow Mountain a scare a couple weeks ago, falling 47-44 on the Matadors' home court. 

Shadow Mountain received scoring from only four players and three did most of the scoring. Senior guard Senya Rabouin connected for 21 points, junior Zhane Jordan and senior Sissy Paloma 13 points apiece. Noone on Shadow Mountain had a good night shooting. Rabouin  made 7 of 22 shots unofficially. She was just 2 of 11 from three-point range. Both threes, however, came late in the third quarter helping Shadow to a 41-36 lead heading to the fourth quarter.

Greenway's leading scorers - junior post Bridget Mullings and senior guard Madison Kekic - were on target to reach their scoring averages at halftime with 10 and eight points, respectively. Each made only two baskets in the second half. Mullings finished with a team-high 16 points and Kekic talllied 13. 

Mullings was doing damage to Shadow Mountain inside in the first half, but the Matadors put a bigger, more physical defender on Mullings in the second half, often senior Malaysia Gibson. Shadow Mountain paid more attention to Mullings after halftime, collapsing inside if help was needed.

Shadow Mountain closes the regular season next Tuesday at Tempe while Greenway does the same at Thunderbird.