Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir out for 2009-10 season

New Leadership's Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir who is a freshman at the University of Memphis on a full basketball scholarship is out for the 2009-10 season due to a torn ACL. Here's the video of the story from abc40.

Abdul-Qaadir first Mass. player to hit 3,000 points

I knew it was going to eventually happen, but I wanted to cool off from all of the coverage that I've thrown around on the blog.

New Leadership's Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir is the first high school basketball player in Massachusetts history to reach the 3,000 point milestone as she netted 38 points against Pioneer Valley Christian School (PVCS; I noticed that the newspaper had the wrong Pioneer Valley in there, it is indeed PVCS) last night in a 52-34 win. 

To read more, check today's article in The Republican. 

3,000 next for Abdul-Qaadir?

I love Garry Brown.

In his "Hitting to All Fields" column today in The Springfield Republican he wrote...

And now, Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir can relax and go for 3,000.

Priceless.

Another high school note...

Cathedral 4, Catholic Memorial 3. Purple Panthers, on the prowl.

That's right, lets go West!

Abdul-Qaadir breaks Lobo's 18-year record

It's finally official.

New Leadership's Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir's name can finally be printed in the record books as the 5 foot 3 inch senior broke Southwick native Rebecca Lobo's 18-year state scoring record with a 28 point showing, plenty to make her the number one scorer in the state of Massachusetts.

Lobo had a total of 2,710 points established in the 1990-91 season.

Abdul-Qaadir has racked up a total of 2,738 and counting.

Unfortunately New Leadership fell to Commerce 51-35 before 1,000 fans who witnessed history.

Check out the full story by The Republican's Russ Held.

Click here to see video coverage.

From East versus West we want to hereby congratulate Bilquis on such an incredible accomplishment and wish her all the best in her future endeavors.

When it comes to top scorers in high school basketball, the West beats the East.

And with that said, Abdul-Qaadir has earned "legendary status."

Western Mass. hoops forum haters

Tonight is the night folks that Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir breaks Rebecca Lobo's high school state scoring record.

We've been digging up some dirt courtesy of the Masslive.com forums and here's what we dug up...

"[New Leadership] is looking at becoming a JV program next year.

So basically she did this playing on a JV level team. Seeing how they win half their games, it appears they are playing JV level competition.

Imagine how many D1 players could score like this if they were playing JV level?" - h00ps

East versus West's response:

Ouch. So now New Leadership is classified as a JV team?

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"It'll take her 8 more games than Lobo. She also is 13 inches shorter, which makes it all the more unbelievable." - AAUcoach50

East versus West's response:

Abdul-Qaadir only stands at 5 foot 3 inches, that is crazy.
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"It took her 5 years to beat a record that was done in 4!! There should be an asterisk next to this record." - msslive124

East versus West's response:

What is this? The Barry Bonds factor?

If you want to join in on this discussion go here.

Angela Roellke from Cape Cod reaches 1,000 mark

Angela Roellke from Upper Cape Regional sunk in her 1,000 career point last night as her team beat Bristol Aggie, 55-23 in a Mayflower league showdown.

Roellke threw in 16 points to finish with 1,004.

In Western Mass. on Monday...

Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir is three points shy of surpassing Rebecca Lobo's state high school scoring record as New Leadership suits up against Commerce.

The senior has already been recruited by the University of Memphis and will be playing basketball for them next year.

Do I smell controversy?

According to a post on the masslive.com WMASS girl's hoop forum there's some controversy looming about New Leadership's Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir who is three points shy of surpassing Rebecca Lobo's all-time state scoring record.

Lobo was able to score 2,710 in four seasons. Apparently, Abdul-Qaadir has been tallying points since eighth-grade.

So now the question is, once Adbul-Qaadir breaks the record, will it be legit? Should she be the rightful state's all-time scoring leading with an extra year under her belt?

No opinions yet for me. Lets see what happens once it does happen.

New Leadership's Abdul-Qaadir just three points shy of state scoring record

This has been the talk from the West since the beginning of basketball season.

Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir, a senior at New Leadership Charter School in Springfield is three points shy of becoming the new state record holder in career points, which would surpass Southwick native, Rebecca Lobo's mark of 2,710.

Abdul-Qaadir scored 38 points in a 69-51 loss against Millbury and missed her chance at making history as she couldn't sink in a 3-point attempt with 31.2 seconds remaining then fouled out after the rebound.

The Republican's Russ Held has the full recap of the game, which includes quotes from Abdul-Qaadir, New Leadership coach John Williams, and Rebecca Lobo who was in attendance.

New Leadership's next game isn't until Monday Jan. 26 against Commerce.

Other game notes:

Cailin Bullet had 13 points for Millbury, the two-time defending Central Mass. Div. 2 champions, and needs eight more to become the first player in school history to score 1,000 career points.

Ah yes, the good ole Masslive.com forums strike again.