Beka Schwendemann made a pair of free throws with 3:03 to play in the game Saturday against Windom to become the ninth player in the history of Montevideo basketball to score 1,000 career points.

Schwendemann, a 6-foot senior forward, went into Saturday’s game at South­west Minnesota State Uni­versity in Marshall needing eight points to reach the 1,000 point milestone.

Windom’s zone defense held Schwendemann to just one field goal during the game, but she went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line to reach the magic number late in the game.

“When I was a freshman I saw Brook Moseng get her 1,000 and then I thought it was a reachable goal,” said Schwende­mann, who was a teammate of Moseng’s during the 2006-07 season.

Schwendemann says her favorite basketball memory was when she was a sixth-grader and hit a shot from half-court to give her traveling team a last-second win over Ortonville.

“She’s obviously got a lot of natural ability,” said Montevideo coach Jamie Harrington. “She maintains such an upbeat attitude. You always see Beka playing with a smile on her face. I think that sets her apart.”

Beka, the daughter of Rob and Karla Schwende­mann of Watson, hopes to play basketball at the collegiate level, although she is still undecided on her choice of schools.