Baliqis Abdul Qaadir has shattered  Rebecca Lobo’s 17-year-old Massachusetts high school mark of 2,710 career points and has graciously become the first player in state history – male or female – to score 3,000 points.

Bilqis has played for New Leadership Charter School in Springfield in full Muslim dress, with arms and legs covered under her uniform and wearing a head scarf (hijab).

Bilqis confidently rejects the questions out of ignorance. “When some people come at me with, ‘Oh, is that a tablecloth on your head?’ — it’s like, really, don’t,” Bilqis said. “If you’re going to have that kind of question, don’t ask me. But some people are truly honest in asking a question, like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to be rude, but why do you wear that?’ That’s the kind of question I’d rather answer.”

Bilqis is most brobably expected to become the first Muslim player in NCAA Division I history to take the basketball court in full dress when she starts her college career next fall on scholarship at Memphis. “My family tells me, ‘If you have to cry, cry and let it out,’ ” she says. “They say, ‘Call home, talk it out.’ ” Bilqis has already found a little bit of home in Memphis, locating a mosque five minutes from campus.