HARRISON CITY — Devin Carney wasn't about to strike out.

The Butler junior guard and the team's leading scorer all season, Carney's jumper at the end of regulation hit short off the rim, sending the Golden Tornado's WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball quarterfinal game at Penn-Trafford into overtime Friday night.

Carney then missed the front end of a one-and-one with 40 seconds left in OT, opening the door for the Warriors to knot the game again.

“You forget about that stuff and keep playing,” Carney said.

After P-T's Josh Kapcin tied the game at 55 on a layup with five seconds left in overtime, Butler in-bounded the ball to Carney.

He drained a trey at the buzzer to give the Tornado a 58-55 win and a berth in the semifinals.

Butler will play top-seed Upper St. Clair — a 72-70 winner over Seneca Valley — Tuesday night at a site to be determined.

“I didn't want to call a timeout after they tied it,” Butler coach Matt Clement said. “I didn't want to give them a chance to set up a certain defense.

“Just get it and go. I kicked myself for not calling a timeout before the end of regulation because it didn't work out. But we have to stick to our guns.

“We're a bunch of shooters. We shoot the ball. Make or miss, that's what we do,” Clement added.

Carney hit a pair of free throws with 15.5 seconds left in regulation to give Buttler a 49-46 lead. Nick Crum answered with a game-tying trey for P-T at the other end.

Carney got off a good look at the buzzer, but misfired.

He wasn't going to get as clean a look at the end of overtime.

It didn't matter.

“I got thev ball with four seconds left,” Carney said. “I knew I was gonna have to shoot it. There was no time for much else.

“I just shot it with one hand. All I wanted to do was get it off ... and it went in.”

“We had a hand in his face. The kid's a scorer. He made a great shot,” P-T coach Doug Kelly said.

Neither team ever had a double-digit lead in the game. Butler's biggest lead was eight midway through the second quarter. Penn-Trafford's biggest lead was five in the first quarter.

The score was tied five times. The lead changed hands five times.

“We knew they (Butler) were gonna make shots,” Kelly said. “We've seen them on film shoot from 10 feet behind the arc. We've never had to extend our defense like we had to against these guys.

“I told our kids they were gonna make shots. We just had to play through them, not hang our heads. We did play through them ... We just didn't have a chance to play through that last one.”

A key play occurred in overtime when, with the score tied at 51, Colin Patterson out-fought a P-T defender for an offensive rebound, then kicked it out to Mattix Clement. Clement drained a trey for a 54-51 lead with 1:10 on the clock.

“That may have been the biggest play of this game, outside of the buzzer-beater,” Coach Clement said.

Patterson came off the bench to grab four rebounds. Charlie Kreinbucher had six points and eight boards.

“No. 15 (Patterson) and No. 22 (Kreinbucher) were gritty on the boards for Butler,” Kelly said. “Those kids really fought in there. They played their roles.”

Clement said Kreinbucher's game was “his best of the season.”

And Patterson was happy to play his role.

“I'm not the most talented kid on the floor, but I'm gonna work my butt off when I'm in there,” he said. “That team was strong on the boards. I felt like I had to get that one, and kudos to Mattix for hitting the shot.”

Carney had 21 points, five rebounds and three assists for Butler (12-8), which won for the seventh time in eight games. Mattix Clement had 18 points, nine rebounds and five steals, Madden Clement nine points on three treys.

Kapcin led the Warriors (13-6) — who had a six-game winning streak snapped — with 25 points and seven rebounds, Ben Myers had 10 points, six rebounds and three steals.

The Tornado won the game despite committing seven turnovers in the fourth quarter and three more in overtime.

“Our kids have been through this,” Clement said of tight playoff games. “What we went through last year definitely helped us tonight.

“We had to match their energy. Penn-Trafford plays with as much energy as any team in these playoffs. If we didn't match it, it wouldn't have mattered what defense we drew up or what strategy we drew up.”

The Warriors won their first playoff game in 20 years three days earlier.

“This was a great high school basketball game. I'm proud of my kids,” Kelly said.

BUTLER 58

Raine Gratzmiller 0-0 1-2 1, Devin Carney 8-24 3-5 21, Mattix Clement 5-12 6-8 18, Colin Patterson 0-1 0-2 0, CJ Singleton 0-1 0-0 0, Charlie Kreinbucher 3-4 0-0 6, Madden Clement 3-6 0-0 9, Davis Leslie 1-2 0-0 3. Totals: 20-50 10-15 58.

PENN-TRAFFORD 55

Jason Sabol 0-1 0-0 0, Noah Wright 0-7 2-2 2,m Jarred Schoffstakll 2-4 0-0 5, Chase Vecchio 2-6 0-1 4, Nick Crum 3-16 1-2 9, Josh Kapcin 9-16 6-8 25, Ben Myers 5-7 0-1 10. Totals: 21-57 9-13 55.

Butler 11 18 9 11 9 — 58

Penn-Trafford11 15 11 12 6 — 55

3-point goals: Mat.Clement 2, Carney 2, Mad.C;ement 3, Leslie; Schoffstall, Crum 2, Kapcin

Tuesday: WPIAL 6A Semifinal-Butler vs. Upper St. Clair, site TBA