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.

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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."

Mary Nwachukwu = legendary status in EMASS and country

Mary Nwachukwu.

No that isn't no typo trust me. I actually recall one night when I was working on the "hawk desk" (what we call the schools desk at the Boston Globe) and "Duffy" one of our copy editors asked if we spelled her name correctly in the roundup and started to spell it out, "M-W-A-C-H-U-K-W-U..."

"Wait...'M'? No it's 'N' not 'M'. Swear to God, hang on a sec, let me triple check that," I said.

I jumped out of my seat and fished in the monthly archives drawer and grabbed a newspaper with the then junior's last name starring in a headline about a week prior and spelled it out.

"N-W-A-C-H-U-K-W-U."

The copy editors and hawk desk were both shocked.

"How do you even remember that?" said "Beans" another one of the copy editors who was in the slot that night.

"I have a good memory I guess. I remember because I always seemed to get her coach calling in her stats to me every time."

Sorry to bore you with an inside story, but this girl is indeed legendary. The now senior has already committed to Boston College and was chased by Wake Forest and Maryland before making her final decision.

Nwachukwu has amassed over 1,100 career points while missing half of her freshman season due to a broken ankle 10 games in.

She is also rated the state's top player and No. 24 forward in the nation in the ESPNU HoopGurlz 100.

She has a fan basis at Dighton-Rehoboth, as she averages 23.7 points per game and averaged 29.9 last season.

Nwachukwu has been featured not only in her local newspaper such as the Tauton Gazette, The Sun Chronicle, Boston Globe, and Boston Herald, but also on a more national level in ESPN RISE Magazine and MaxPreps.com.

That is why she has earned "legendary status" here on East versus West.