44 - Christa Baccas
Christa Baccas
Height: 6-2
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Hillburn, NY
High School: Suffern
Position: Center/Forward

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 9/11 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 two Lower Hudson Athletic Conference titles (2009, 2011)… named to the Section I All-Section 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.