Butler point guard Ethan Morton takes the ball to the hoop in the first quarter against Woodland Hills Friday. Morton had a triple double, the Golden Tornado led 43-5 at one point and rolled to a 73-33 victory in the season-opener.

BUTLER TWP — Runs are a part of basketball.

But this was more like an all-night jaunt.

Butler put together a 31-0 run in the first half — turning a 12-5 lead into a 43-5 laugher — while cruising to a 73-33 boys hoop victory over Woodland Hills in the first round of the Butler Tip-Off Tournament Friday night.

“When we come out with Devin (Carney) and Mattix (Clement) hitting like that, we can be hard to handle,” Butler coach Matt Clement said.

Mattix Clement drained treys on five of his first six shots. Carney hit four treys in the first half and scored 20 points in the first two quarters.

Ethan Morton wound up with a triple double of 17 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds despite playing less than three quarters.

“This may have been the most fun I've ever had playing basketball,” Morton said. “It has to be the best start we've ever gotten off to.

“A 31-0 run (with seven treys) can open up a lot of things. Everything just kept working for us.”

Woodland Hills clogged up the lane defensively, but was unable to get out and challenge the Golden Tornado's 3-point shooters.

Wolverines coach Matt Furjanic said that wasn't because of a lack of effort.

“Butler's passing was outstanding,” Furjanic said. “The defense we were in was capable of getting guys out there, but they were finding the open man with reverse passes so quickly ... We just didn't have time.

“As good as they (Butler) are on offense, they were every but as good on defense. They shut us down.”

Woodland Hills sank just two of 11 field goal attempts in the first eight minutes — turning the ball over five times — in falling behind 32-5 by quarter's end.

“We were getting a lot of steals at the top of the perimeter,” Clement said. “And our inside guys like Charlie Kreinbucher and Mason Montag were tying up their forwards, clearing out so Ethan could gobble up rebopunds.

“Ethan kept taking what their defense was giving us. He trusts our shooters to make shots and they did.”

Carney had 23 points and three steals for the Tornado. Mattix Clement had 20 points. Dom McCowan contributed six points and five rebounds.The mercy clock was running from the middle of the third quarter on.Raeshon Robertson paced Woodland Hills with 17 points. Jihaad Dennard added 10 points and seven rebounds.WOODLAND HILLS 33Deontae Williams 0-3 0-0 0, Kyere Hainesworth 0-5 0-0 0, Jihaad Dennard 4-7 2-7 10, Raeshon Robertson 6-10 4-5 17, Raelon Robertson 0-4 2-2 2, Jeremie Thomas 0-1 0-0 0, T.J. Jenkins 1-2 0-0 2, Velton Kenney 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 12-33 8-14 33.BUTLER 73Raine Gratzmiller 1-1 0-0 2, Devin Carney 8-10 2-3 23, Dylan Fediaczko 0-0 0-0 0, Mattix Clement 7-16 0-0 20, Dom McCowan 3-3 0-0 6, Charlie Kreinbucher 0-1 0-0 0, Mason Montag 1-1 0-0 2, Ethan Morton 5-11 4-5 17, Madden Clement 1-2 0-0 3, Zach Slomers 0-1 0-0 Totals: 26-47 6-8 73.Woodland Hills 5 14 10 4 — 33Butler32 18 18 5 — 733-point goals: Raes. Robertson; Carney 5, Mat.Clement 6, Morton 3, Mad.ClementJV: Woodland Hillsm, 46-42 (WH: T'Rek Sciopio 13, B: Kaleb Proudfoot 9, Logan Koegler 9, Mad. Clement 9)Saturday: Chaney at Butler, 6:30 p.m.Chaney 74, Knoch 67 — The Cowboys got off to a dreadful start, missing their first seven shots and falling behind 7-0 in the first four minutes.But Chaney never backed off its running game and turned a big third quarter into a victory over the Knights.Chaney trailed 27-26 at the half before beginning the third period with a 13-0 run to take control of the game.“We beat people down the floor. That's the way we play,” Chaney coach Marlon McGaughey said. “We've got a lot of speed and quickness and we utilize that.”Knoch trailed by as many as 13 in the second half before cutting the gap to 69-65 on a Ryan Lang trey with 50.6 seconds left. Two free throws by Jake Scheidt kept the Knights in the game at 71-67 with 34 seconds to play.But Knoch didn't score again.“That's the fastest, most athletic team we're going to see this yuear,” Knoch coach Ron McNabb said. “We wanted to get in this tournament for that reason.“We wanted to challenge ourselves. I liked what I saw tonight.”Cameron Lawrence led the Cowboys with 20 poiints and seven assists. Sharrod Taylor added 19 points and five rebounds, Travis Easterly 16 points and three assiasts.Scott Fraser paced Knoch with 22 points, eight rebounds and three assists. Lang had 12 points and six rebounds, Schiedt 10 points, seven assists and four rebounds.Knoch sank just nine of 18 free throws in the first three quarters.“Our free throw shooting hurt us tonight,” McNabb said.CHANEY 74Sharrod Taylor 7-14 3-4 19, Travis Easterly 8-8 0-1 16, William Brown 2-4 1-1 5, Ryan Clark 1-1 0-0 2, Bryant Douglas 0-0 0-0 0, Cameron Lawrence 7-17 6-8 20, Quincy Jones 6-11 0-0 12, Jason Hewlett 0-0 0-3 0. Totals: 31-55 10-14 74.KNOCH 67Adam Bajuszik 2-3 0-0 6, Scott Fraser 9-22 4-9 22, Jared Schrecengost 3-8 0-3 9, Ryan Lang 3-9 3-4 12, Brady McKee 3-5 1-2 8, Jake Scheidt 1-8 8-8 10, Keagan Fraser 0-0 0-0 0 . Totals: 21-55 16-26 67.Chaney 11 15 24 24 — 74Knoch13 14 15 25 — 673-point goals: Taylor 2; Schrecengost 3, Lang 3, McKee, Bajuszik 2Saturday: Knoch vs. Woodland Hills, 3:30 p.m., at Butler

Knoch's Jake Schiedt (33) tries to drive past Chaney's Quincy Jones Friday night at Butler High School. The Knights lost the opener, 74-67.