BUTLER TWP — His team trailed by 10 when Mattix Clement put up a jumper from just beyond the free throw line.

Swish.

Butler's coach and Mattix's father, Matt Clement, called a timeout as the public address announcer told the crowd Mattix had just scored his 1,000th career point for the Golden Tornado Saturday.

Huh?

That milestone snuck up on everybody — especially Mattix.

“He had no idea ... no idea he was even close to 1,000,” his father said. “He never mentioned anything about it, never even brought up the possibility.”

Like father, like son.

Not in terms of scoring 1,000 points. Matt Clement never approached that figure while playing for Butler in the early 1990's. But he did win a WPIAL basketball championship with the Golden Tornado, just like Mattix.

And Mattix is all about winning, just like Dad.

“Since he became coach of this team, his No. 1 goal has been to put banners up in this gym,” Mattix said of his father. “My father wants us to win. He works for us to win.

“I want us to win, too. I wasn't thinking about 1,000 points. I was worried about the score of the game. We were on the wrong side of it.”

Butler wound up on the right side of the scoreboard that day, rallying to defeat Pine-Richland in overtime.

Mattix readily admits he's never tracked his points — or Butler basketball history.

“Never been into that stuff,” he said, shaking his head. “I just love the game.

“1,000 points? I had no clue, honestly.”

Mattix wound up on the right side of history regardless, becoming the 11th Butler boys basketball player to reach 1,000.

“I played with two of those guys, Shawn Bellis and Jaron Hilovsky,” Matt Clement said. “I coached six of them. I know how hard it is to get there.

“Mattix was never the No. 1 (scoring) option in his career here. This year, he's No. 2. Other years, he was No. 3, maybe even No. 4. Teammates like Ethan (Morton) and Devin (Carney) have helped him get there, no doubt. But he helped to free them up, too.”

Carney agreed — and he will likely join Morton as a 2,000-point scorer at Butler next season.

“I'm happy for him because he deserves this,” Carney said of Mattix. “He's a good guy who works hard on the court. He helps create space for me because you can't leave him alone as a shooter.”

Deadly outside shooting is what enabled Mattix to gain varsity time as a freshman. His 250 career treys are a school record.

Yet with his father as his head coach, that early varsity time was given to him grudgingly.

“(Former assistant coach) Tanner Wahler rode me pretty hard because I didn't want to play him as a freshman,” Clement said. “He said we needed another outside shooter on the floor. I just didn't know if he was ready.

“He only averaged eight minutes or so a game that year. But if it wasn't for Tanner and Duck's (assistant coach Jim Gallagher) prodding, I probably wouldn't have played him at all that year.”

Mattix averaged 6.8 points per game his freshman season, draining 46 treys. He sank 87 treys his sophomore year.

“You could see him growing and maturing as a player each year,” Gallagher said. “When a kid's father is the coach, sometimes you don't know how that's gonna go ... Mattix has never taken anything for granted.

“He plays hard and he's a nice kid. He's worked himself into becoming an all-around player. It's been a joy to coach him.”

After averaging 11.1 and 11.8 points as a sophomore and junior, Mattix is averaging 17.1 points per game this year. He sank 52 percent of his free throws his freshman and sophomore years, was 87 percent at the line last year and is at 80 percent this year.

His assist totals the past two years have doubled his total as a sophomore and he's tallied 121 steals in his career.

Mattix had 80 rebounds his first two years, 130 the past two seasons.

He practices a lot on his family's court with younger brother Madden, a sophomore on the Golden Tornado varsity.

“I just like to play,” Mattix said. “Madden and I play a lot of one-and-one. We go at it pretty good. I think it's made us both better players.”

Pine-Richland assistant coach Don Colton has coached Mattix in AAU basketball with The Pack.

“That kid could shoot since he was knee-high,” Colton said. “He's gained confidence as the years have gone by and became a complete player.

“Playing with the big scorers he's been with at Butler, never being the prime scorer and to still get 1,000, you just don't see that. It shows how he works into the team concept.”

Mattix Clement is simply a team guy.

“I'm proud of how hard he plays, the person he is, the teammate he is,” his father said. “And I love how proud he is to put on that uniform.

“That's probably what I like the most.”