The Hannah Wilkerson Watch — Is today the day?

This future Missouri State Lady Bear has a chance to become Missouri's all-time leading scorer.

Today could be the day that Hannah Wilkerson makes history.

All season long, we’ve been counting down the days until Miller High School senior and future Missouri State Lady Bear Hannah Wilkerson  broke Missouri’s career scoring mark.

Thanks to a 47-pound outburst in a loss to Purdy last Thursday, Wilkerson more than cut the margin between her and record-holder Melissa Grider in half, leaving the Miller senior just 44 points behind. Is scoring 45 a problem? It shouldn’t be, seeing as how she’s scored more than that in three of her last five games.

Keep it locked here to see if Wilkerson can break the record tonight, and possibly set the record to where few will have a chance to touch it in the future.

Here is what the season breakdown looks like:

So far this season (through Monday, Feb. 1):

• Fair Grove, 38 points
• Harrison (Ark.), 40 points
• Marshfield, 44 points
• Webb City, 34 points
• Golden City, 34 points
• Greenfield, 37 points
• Strafford, 28 points
• Clever, 35 points
• Walnut Grove, 30 points
• Fordland, 29 points
• Ash Grove, 45 points
• Ash Grove, 37 points
• Diamond, 50 points
• Billings, 38 points
• Ash Grove, 38 points
• Verona, 54 points
• Purdy, 47 points

• Total: 658 points (38.7 per game through 17 games)

The state’s top career scorers:

1. Melissa Grider, Morrisville-Marshfield, 1989-91, 3,211
2. Hannah Wilkerson, Miller, 2007-2010, 3,167
3. Kari Koch, Elsberry, 1999-2002, 3,077
4. Lauren Dubbert, Madison, 2002-05, 3,038
5. Joyce Arnsmeyer, So. Boone County, 1963-66, 3,036
6. Lisa Ellis, Elsberry, 1981-84, 2,980
7. Renee Garrison, Climax Springs, 1998-2001, 2,944
8. Shyla Tucker, Fredericktown, 1987-90, 2,926
9. Michelle Holman, Dadeville, 1994-97, 2,820
10. Bethany Creed, Ash Grove, 1999-2002, 2,760
11. Casey Garrison, Bolivar, 2004-08, 2,744
12. Michele Harkrader, Rich Hill, 1985-88, 2,735
13. Jessica Keller, Belle, 2002-05, 2,735
14. Sonya Daugherty, Hancock, 2002-05, 2,703

Points behind Grider: 44

Games to catch Grider at current 38.7 ppg average: 1.1

Games left in Miller’s regular season: 9

This week’s schedule: Today at Liberal; Thursday at Morrisville.

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While she hunts down Grider’s mark, she has already dented the record books in the following categories:

Most points in a season

1. Melissa Grider, Morrisville-Marshfield, 1989-90, 1,231
2. Joyce Arnsmeyer, So. Boone County, 1965-66, 994
3. Hannah Wilkerson, Miller, 2008-09, 975
4. Kari Koch, Elsberry, 2001-02, 956
5. Shyla Tucker, Fredericktown, 1988-89, 952

Most points scored by a freshman in a season

1. Hannah Wilkerson, Miller, 2006-07, 746
2. Lauren Dubbert, Madison, 2001-02, 686
3. Sonya Daugherty, Hancock, 2001-02, 642
4. Tasheena Mmoris, Blue Eye, 2001-02, 634
5. Kami Scrivner, Mt. Vernon, 1997-98, 616

Wilkerson’s scoring by year

• Freshman, 749 points (a state record)
• Sophomore, 785
• Junior, 975
• Senior, 658

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