WASHINGTON

Each shot by Maddie Nonnenmann caused her teammates to leap up from their seats on the bench Monday night.

Golden Hawks head coach Danny Hershberger held his breath.

Golden Hawks fans focused their cellphone cameras on her.

Finally, with 2:33 left in Mid-Prairie’s 47-27 nonconference victory over Washington, Nonnenmann watched as the ball she shot fell into the net for her 1,000^th and 1,001^st career points.

Cheers rolled down from the stands. Play was stopped. Junior forward Kylie Reinier ran up for a happy high-five slap. Maddie’s younger sister, Maya, a basketball and volleyball teammate who was among those jumping in anticipation, joined in the hugs and the celebration.

“It’s an incredible accomplishment,” Mid-Prairie head coach Danny Hershbeger said. “There’s not many people that can say that they’re 1,000-point scorers in high school, so it’s a huge accomplishment. … Just super proud of her. Just super happy for her to be able to accomplish this.”

And for Nonnenmann, it was all about “we.”

“I’m thankful for my team. I can’t do it without them,” she said. “Throughout the years, I’ve had great teams. No way I would get here without any of them.”

Nonnenmann is the eighth 1,000-point scorer in Mid-Prairie girls basketball history, and the third in her family. Two aunts, Jessica Larsen, a 1997 Mid-Prairie graduate, and Sarah Larsen, a 2002 graduate, also reached 1,000.

“They’re the reason why I wanted it so bad,” Nonnenmann said.

Nonnenmann scored a game-high 15 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in the win, but the drama of a 20-point win really ended in the opening quarter when the Golden Hawks (13-6) scored 13 of the game’s first 15 points.

After that, attention clearly focused on Nonnenmann. Would she hit 1,000 on this night? She scored the game’s opening basket. Needing 14 points to hit 1,000, she had just four points in the first half. Nonnenmann scored three baskets in the third quarter and hit a 3-pointer with more than five minutes left in the game for her 997^th, 998^th and 999^th points.

“Towards the end, we were all like, get it to Maddie,” she said. “We just wanted to get those 14 points. Everyone was excited and I think it was really fun for all of us.”

There were a few missed opportunities and a couple of shots that sent the ball rolling on the rim and out as if orchestrated in a tease.

“I think I might have been the most nervous that I’ve been all year,” Hershberger said.

“It gets in your head a little bit,” Nonnenmann said. “It’s like, ‘Oh no, I’ve got to score.’ “

When she did, the Golden Hawks appeared unsure of what to do now. Do they keep playing? Or start the party? A quick timeout solved the dilemma.

The night ended with Nonnenmann and all of her teammates assembling for a team photo at one end of the gym while Golden Hawk parents and spectators took photos with their cellphones.

“It seemed like the whole crowd had my back. They got so excited,” Nonnenmann said. “That was the best feeling. It was better than I could have imagined it.”

Nonnenmann ranks third in the River Valley South in scoring with two more regular-season games to play: Tuesday at Wilton and Friday at West Branch. The postseason district tournament is after that.

“It was really fun for us,” she said. “We needed some energy going into postseason. This is really exciting for the team because we all want the best for each other. We all want to see each other succeed. I think they were happy for me.”

Junior guard Amara Jones added 11 points and 6 rebounds as the Golden Hawks won for the seventh time in eight games. Jones and Nora Pennington each had 4 steals.