2014-15 Women's Basketball
Roster
Christa Baccas
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Suffern
- Hometown:
- Hillburn, NY
2014-15: A senior captain...named Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Year...an All-MAC Honorable Mention selection...started 27 of the 28 games in which she has played...sat out four non-conference contests due to injury, returning on Dec. 4 at Cornell...averaging 7.6 points and 7.7 rebounds a game...had a Bull-best 63 blocks good for 251 all-time at UB to rank second in program history and finished the season ranked 13th amongst active Division I student-athletes for career blocks...chipped in 49 assists and 46 steals...shot a team-high 44.7 percent from the floor (89-199)...had a season-best seven blocks on Jan. 3 against Ohio, a performance that ranks tied for the fifth-most single-game blocks in school history...she added six in her senior-season debut against Siena and five in the MAC semifinals against Ohio...averaged 2.3 blocks a game to lead the conference...also ranked third in the MAC with 3.1 offensive boards per outing...had four double-doubles on the season collecting 10 points and 10 rebounds at St. Francis (PA), 14 points and 12 rebounds at Miami (OH), 11 points and 10 rebounds against Toledo and 12 points and 11 rebounds against Miami (OH)...tallied a season-best 16 points at Cornell on 8-for-10 shooting...averaged 32.4 minutes of play a game...ended her career sitting on UB career lists with 121 games played (3rd), 885 rebounds (5th) and 47.0 field goal percentage (8th)...became just the fifth Bull to tally 800 points and 800 rebounds in program history.
2013-14: Continued to be a defensive stalwart for the team, despite moving from the post to the perimeter...played in all 30 games and made 27 starts...averaged 7.2 points and 8.3 rebounds per game...had a career year for assists, all while committing 28 fewer turnovers...finished second in the MAC in blocked shots with 70, moving her into second place in career blocks with 188...led the team in rebounding 11 times, and recorded six double-doubles...scored in double figures nine times, highlighted by a career-high 18 points with a season-best 15 rebounds in a win over Eastern Michigan (1/18)...just missed a defensive double-double, recording 12 rebounds and a career-high eight blocks in a win over Miami (1/30)...blocked five shots and pulled down nine rebounds, five of which were offensive, in the MAC Tournament against Ball State (3/13).
2012-13: Played in all 32 games and has started in 26 of them...was named Honorable Mention All-MAC after posting monster numbers across the board...led the MAC and finished the season second in school history with 88 single-season blocks...averaged career bests in scoring, rebounding, and blocks...finished with a career-high seven blocks against Eastern Illinois (11/24) and six blocks in games against Oakland (11/16), Bowling Green (2/7) and Northern Illinois (3/9)...recorded four double-doubles on the season and had a season-high 15 points in games against Binghamton (12/8) and Eastern Michigan (2/16)...recorded double figures in rebounding 11 times, including career-high 15 at Oakland (11/16)...matched a career high with 15 rebounds to go with four blocks and eight points against Miami (OH) in the MAC Tournament...fell just shy of a triple-double in the team''s MAC quarterfinal game against Akron, with 12 points, nine rebounds, and a career-high eight blocks...had 12 or more rebounds in ten different games.
2011-12: Was the team''s super sub and grew into one of the top freshman in the conference...appeared in all 31 games and made six starts...averaged 5.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game...finished second on the team in blocks with 30...scored 13 points with six rebounds against Dayton in her first career start (11/25)...had a season-high 11 rebounds in a win over Canisius (12/7)...was nearly perfect in a career day against Eastern Michigan, scoring 18 points on 9-for-11 shooting with six rebounds and three blocks...came just a rebound shy of a double-double, scoring 10 points with nine rebounds against Toledo (1/28)...scored 12 points with seven rebounds in the MAC Tournament against Akron (3/3).
High School: Played for coach Bill Nolan at Suffern High School...as a senior, averaged 14 points, 4.6 blocks, 11.7 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game to be named the team''s MVP...was named Suffern''s Outstanding Female Athlete award as a senior...led her team to Lower Hudson Athletic Conference titles in 2009, 2011...named to the All-Section I team for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons after earning all-league honors in 2007-08...also played volleyball for Suffern, winning the HVVCA Conference 4 Player of the Year in 2010 after leading the team to a league title...played AAU basketball for All New Jersey Elite for one season.
Personal: Born Sept. 16, 1993... daughter of Ann-Marie...has three brothers Mario, Chris and Joe and one sister Nikita...nickname is C-Bac... favorite athlete is Chicago Bulls'' guard Derrick Rose...was also recruited by Kentucky, Mississippi State and St. Bonaventure, among many others...chose Buffalo because of the campus...the one record she hopes to break at UB is the blocks record...says the person she admires most is her mother...if she could go anywhere in the world, she would travel to China.
