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Coupeville’s Makana Stone has netted 1,000+ points as both a high school and college basketball player. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Four digits, ring ’em up.

Hitting a major milestone Monday, Coupeville’s Makana Stone powered the Whitman College women’s basketball team to its fifth-straight win.

The former Wolf became just the ninth female player in school history to crack 1,000 career points — achieving the feat on her first basket of the night — as she and the Blues rolled to a 71-52 victory against Whittier College in California.

Now 5-0 on the season, Whitman is off until Dec. 6, when it plays Concordia University in Austin, Texas.

Stone, who scorched the nets for 1,158 points during her high school career, has 1,010 points at the collegiate level, with 20 regular season games (plus a potential postseason run) left to play.

She’s #3 in CHS hoops history (trailing just Brianne King and Novi Barron and ahead of all-time Wolf boys co-leaders Jeff Stone and Mike Bagby), and is now #8 among Whitman women.

Entering play Monday with 998 points, Stone tossed in 12 against Whittier, netting that on 5-8 shooting from the floor and 2-3 from the line.

Having passed Lizzy Washburn, who scored 1,003 points between 2002-2006, she has seven players left to chase.

Casey Poe, who was a junior and senior when Stone was a freshman and sophomore, sits at #6 with 1,145 points, while Katie Rubenser (1,693) and Jennifer McClure (1,639), who played together from 1990-1994, top the charts.

Monday night, Whittier came out and drilled a three-ball to open things, then Whitman went to work, using a 10-0 run to retake the lead and effectively ice the win early.

Capping the surge, Stone swished a jumper at the 5:30 mark of the first quarter to reach 1,000 points.

From there, the Blues kept their feet smashed through the gas pedal, turning a 21-9 advantage at the first break into a 37-23 halftime bulge, then a 55-38 lead through three quarters.

Mady Burdett paced Whitman with a team-high 17 points, notching five treys along the way, while Stone, Kaelan Shamselden, and Caira Young netted 12 apiece.

Playing 26 minutes, Stone added a season-high four steals, two rebounds, and two assists to her line on the stat sheet.

Through five games, she’s scored 82 points, snatched 28 rebounds, made off with 10 steals, dealt out five assists, and rejected five shots.

Stone is shooting 32-55 (58.1%) from the floor and 18-23 (78.3%) at the line.