Schnurbusch ‘excited’ to surpass 1,000 career points

Perryville senior Kyla Schnurbusch reached a milestone that she felt was unattainable.
Schnurbusch scored 33 points against Jefferson R-7 in a 63-20 victory Feb. 8 to surpass the 1,000 point plateau in her career.
Schnurbusch is the 12th Perryville girl to achieve the milestone and first since Amber Hacker and Krista Miesner achieved the mark in 2006.
“It’s definitely a big accomplishment,” Schnurbusch said. “It wasn’t something that I thought I could reach. When I was told that I was getting closer I was surprised. When I finally reached it, it was just pure happiness.”
Leading up to the record-breaking game, Schnurbusch was on a tear, scoring at least 30 points in three straight games. She has felt like her shot has really come together to help her achieve this goal.
“I’ve struggled on and off from my freshman year to now with my shot,” she said. “This year everything has seemed to click. When my shot is going down consistently, I don’t worry about the defender or anything. It’s really a great feeling.”
In her final season at Perryville, Schnurbusch has noticeably increased her scoring total as she’s averaging more than 20 points per game this season. Schnurbusch, who is also producing an average of five rebounds, four steals and two assists per contest, has scored 20 or more points more than 10 times and has recorded a career-high of 31 twice in the span of her last five games.

Along with playing for Southeast Dynasty in AAU throughout the summer, Schnurbusch also put in the work outside of that on her own and set a personal goal of putting up 10,000 shots before the start of her senior year. It wouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who knows Kyla that she, in fact, exceeded that number.
She recently committed to Culver-Stockton University and it was a realization of her hard work paying off.
“It means a lot,” Schnurbusch said. “It’s been a dream of mine since I was little and something that a small-town girl could achieve.”
Schnurbusch still has two regular season games left and however many more postseason contests the Pirates may have to add to her total, which includes the 26 points she amassed against Fredericktown on Monday.
Jennifer Grebing is currently sixth on the list at 1,277 points, while Melissa Berkbuegler is seventh with 1,061.
“Just being on the list is an accomplishment,” Schnurbusch said. “If I can climb the list that would be awesome.”
While the point milestone is one accomplishment Schnurbusch has attained, she is focused on making a deep postseason run.
I want to go farther than last year,” she said.