Butler's Ryan Porch puts up three fingers after hitting a three-point shot aduring the Golden Tornado’s 81-66 win over Bethel Park Friday night. Justin Guido/ Butler Eagle 12/30/22

BUTLER TWP — A team can always get better. Butler’s boys basketball team is happy where it is, regardless.

The Golden Tornado (8-1) placed four players in double figures Friday night in defeating Bethel Park, 81-66, in the Golden Tornado gym. The game wrapped up a one-day Holiday Classic in Butler and was the Tornado’s final game before opening section play Tuesday at Seneca Valley.

“There are things we need to work on, sure,” Butler coach Matt Clenent said. “But our only loss is a last-second one-point decision at North Hills. I’m pretty pleased with how it’s been going.”

North Catholic dropped a 72-71 overtime decision to Central Florida Christian Academy on Butler’s floor prior to the Tornado victory.

There were five ties and a couple of lead changes in the first quarter before Butler began pulling away in the second. A 15-3 run opened up a 14-point lead (40-26) and the Tornado took a 10-point lead into halftime. The Black Hawks (5-3) cut their deficit to 40-32 early in the third before a 13-0 Tornado run hiked the lead to 21.

That lead never got out of double digits.