BUTLER TWP — Let The Revenge Tour begin.

At least, Butler's girls basketball team is hopeful of such.

The Golden Tornado ran away from North Hills, 46-20, Friday night in a mutual Section 3-AAAA opener at the Butler High gym, limiting the Indians to 10 points in the first three quarters.

No North Hills player scored more than three points on the night.

“Our girls were ready for this one,” Butler coach Dorothea Epps said. “They were looking for some revenge.

“Last year, that team ran the (mercy) clock on us. That was the first time that's happened to these girls and they took it personal. It was nothing North Hills did wrong, the game just wound up that way.”

Friday's game wound up Butler's way — in a big way.

The Tornado (3-1, 1-0) lead peaked at 42-12 with a pair of Jasmine Bailey free throws with 4:56 remaining. Mackenzie O'Donnell paced Butler with 16 points and seven rebounds.

O'Donnell scored 11 of Butler's first 16 points in the contest.

“I thought Mac set the tone tonight,” Epps said. “She had an outstanding game.”

O'Donnell said it all started with defense.

“That's the way we have to play,” she said. “We were forcing a lot of turnovers with our positioning and pressuring the ball.

“I feel a lot stronger this year. I want to be a big factor inside this season. We got beat pretty bad by a lot of section teams last year. Now it's our turn to get them back.”

Bailey contributed 10 points and eight rebounds for Butler. She added a number of steals, as well. Sam Marak had six rebounds as the Tornado held a 38-26 edge on the boards.

North Hills (2-2, 0-1) suffered 29 turnovers. The Indians had 26 of them by the midway point of the third quarter.

“We lost four starters from last year and our point guard is out for two more weeks with a knee injury,” North Hills coach Tom Sandherr said. “Turnovers have been a problem for us.

“What I didn't expect was our failure to convert shots on the other end. We missed a lot of layups tonight.”

North Hills sank only 8 of 34 field-goal attempts.

Butler committed 22 turnovers in its own right.

“A lot of our errors were unforced,” Epps said. “Most of our turnovers are stuff we can correct ourselves.”

The Tornado have officially lost point guard Caitlin Baxter for the season. She underwent surgery on her torn ACL Wednesday, but attended Friday's game.

Butler won only four games overall and two section games last year. The Tornado already have three wins this season.

“We know we can still improve in a lot of ways,” Epps said. “But to be 3-1 so far and not have Caitlin? We'll take it.”

NORTH HILLS 20Sarah Treser 1-1 0-0 3, Emily Jamison 1-5 0-2 2, Julie Herr 0-1 0-0 0, Emma Weaver 0-1 0-0 0, Melanie Lindsey 1-2 0-2 2, Breanna Bertram 1-5 0-0 2, Carly Herr 1-9 0-0 2, Lexi Marx 1-3 0-2 2, Scout Cheeks 1-4 0-2 2, Kallie Harper 1-3 0-0 2, Alexa Hurst 0-0 3-5 3.

Totals: 8-34 3-13 20.

BUTLER 46Jasmine Bailey 2-6 6-10 10, Sam Marak 3-8 0-0 6, Jennifer Barry 0-8 2-2 2, Natalie Barkus 1-1 1-2 3, Mackenzie O'Donnell 6-8 4-8 16, Makenzie Huey 2-5 0-0 5, Morgan McLaughlin 0-1 0-0 0, Lauren Bresnahan 0-0 0-0 0, Alyssa DiPippa 1-3 0-1 2, Kalynn Callihan 0-1 0-0 0, Julia Baxter 1-2 0-0 2.

Totals: 16-43 13-24 46.

North Hills 2 4 4 10—20Butler 12 13 11 10—463-point goals: North Hills 1 (Treser); Butler 1(Huey).

Junior varsity: Butler, 34-18 (B: Julia Baxter 13, NH: Melanie Lindsey 9)

Monday: Butler at Shaler