The Sevrain family has a long connection with Northwestern Lehigh basketball.

First was Gabby Sevrain, who graduated in 2018 and went on to play basketball at Dickinson College.

Next up was Sydney Sevrain, who had some time on the high school court with both of her sisters during her days as a Tiger before playing at Messiah College.

The last in the line is Paige Sevrain, who reached the 1,000-point mark of her high school career recently in a 45-41 victory over Blue Mountain.

As the youngest of the Sevrain sisters moved closer and closer to the 1,000-point milestone, it seemed like she just wanted to get it over with so she could step out of the spotlight.

She is gracious through all her interviews, but prefers to talk about how well her teammates are playing rather than talk about her game or her pursuit of 1,000 points. That is just the norm for the senior center.

“There were a lot of people coming up to me in school and wishing me well, and it seemed like everybody knew about it and they were so nice,” said Sevrain.

Northwestern hosted Blue Mountain three days before Christmas, which provided a perfect scenario to reach the milestone. With both sisters and plenty of alumni and former teammates in attendance, Sevrain went to work looking to push her 993-point total onto a higher plateau.

“When you look at how many alumni were here for this game, it shows just how popular Paige is,” said coach Chris Deutsch, who has coached all three of the Sevrain sisters. “The whole family is so nice, and Paige is always humble and gets along with everyone well. It has been a blessing to coach the three girls. Honestly, it’s going to be weird not having a Sevrain on the team next year.”

Just 11 seconds into the game, Sevrain worked down low and dropped the countdown to five. With three points to her credit coming into the second quarter, Sevrain seemed truly ready to end this thing and again found a spot down low and nailed a shot to put her team up 13-10.

Not known as a three-point shooter, Sevrain was left wide open and decided to take a shot from beyond the arc to put her over the mark, but the shot went off the rim. With 1:42 left in the quarter, Sevrain went to a much more familiar spot near the foul line and launched one of her customary turnaround hook shots. Just that quickly, the chase was over.

To start the celebration, timekeeper Josh Zimmerman sounded the horn long and loud as Sevrain was mobbed by her teammates. As she approached the sideline, assistant coach Derrick Reinert handed Sevrain the game ball, and she headed into the stands for hugs with family and friends.

“I’m not sure it has really sunk in yet, but it started to when I went up into the stands,” said Sevrain. “I really wanted to get it tonight because my whole family is here and there are former teammates here, and it was just special for me. It meant a lot to have them here for this game.”

Before too long, the celebration was over and Sevrain simply went back to playing basketball. She finished the game with 15 points to put her at 1,008 for her career, just ahead of Erika Thomas - the last Northwestern girls player to reach the mark.

Sevrain entered Christmas as the school’s fifth-leading scorer all-time among girls. Before her career ends, it is likely that Sevrain will wind up at No. 2 - currently held by Dana Stellar, who reached 1,110 in 2006. The 1,246 points scored by Sara Jones (2013) is most likely unattainable. Thomas was on hand to see the milestone, as was the last boys player to reach the 1,000 mark - Sam Yadush, who is now an assistant coach for Northern Lehigh.

Between the three sisters, the Sevrains have amassed a total of 2,365 points and counting with Gabby Sevrain finishing her career with 490 points, and Sydney finishing with 867 points to go with Paige’s career totals.

Sophomore Cara Thomas - who could be the next 1,000-point scorer for the Tigers - took note of the night, and especially how Sevrain carried herself along the way.

“I am so happy for her, and have learned so much from her,” said Thomas. “In the locker room before the game, I was saying ‘I want to be the one who gets the assist when she gets it,’ and we were all just so excited for her.”

As it turned out, the milestone assist did go to Thomas, who finished with 16 points and has 377 points just under halfway through her sophomore season.

STAR-STUDDED CROWD ... Among those on hand to watch the game were two other 1,000-point Northwestern alum. The last two players to reach the 1,000-point mark for Northwestern, Erika Thomas (2016) and Sam Yadush (2019) were both on hand as were former Northwestern Lehigh student athletes Leighanna (Georgian Court), Ali (Adelphi) and Daniella (Adelphi) Lister. Leighanna is closing in on the 100 blocks mark at Georgian Court, while Ali is a sophomore playing for Adelphi. Daniella Lister is a senior at Northwestern and will play field hockey at Adelphi. Sam Yadush suffered a knee injury playing for Moravian, and is not playing basketball but has moved into the coaching ranks as an assistant at Northern Lehigh under his brother James Yadush.