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10 Zaire Baines
Zaire Baines
  • Height:
    6'0
  • Weight:
    190
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Queens, N.Y.
  • High School:
    Portledge
  • Position:
    G
  • gp
    23
  • pts/g
    12.2
  • fg %
    41.4
  • 3pt %
    31.4
  • ft %
    83.3
  • reb/g
    3.1
  • a/g
    4.0
Bio

CAREER BESTS

Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks
25 (Twice, last 11/14/23 vs. Fitchburg State) 6 (Four times, last 12/6/23 at Conn. College) 7 (11/14/23 vs. Fitchburg State) 3 (Five times, last 12/6/23 at Conn. College) 1 (Twice, last 1/24/24 vs. Regis)


AS A FIRST YEAR...

  • Appeared in 26 games for the Saints in 2022-23, serving as the squad's sixth-man for much of the campaign.
  • Averaged 11.5 points on 46.0 percent shooting, to go with 2.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.2 steals per game.
  • Made collegiate career debut with a 14-point outing on November 10, helping EC to a 74-70 road win vs. Fitchburg St.
  • Scored a season-high 25 points on Feb. 18, 2023, shooting 8-of-11 from the floor in Emmanuel's 92-59 GNAC win vs. Rivier.
  • Scored double-digit points in 16 of the 26 games he played in including a stretch of eight straight games to open 2023.
  • Collected a season-best six rebounds on Jan. 5 vs. Dean.
  • Dished out a season-high six assists on Jan. 17 at Saint Joseph's (ME).
  • Ranked fourth in the GNAC in points per game among rookies (11.5 ppg).
  • Ranked eighth overall in the GNAC in free throws made (78) while ranking first in the GNAC North in FT% among players with at least 90 attempts, shooting at a 79.6% clip.
  • Named the GNAC Rookie of the Week twice during the season.
  • Voted to the All-Conference Rookie Team, finishing the year two points shy of 300.

BEFORE EMMANUEL...

  • Earned five varsity letters playing basketball at Portledge HS
  • Graduated as Long Island's All-Time leading scoring with over 3,000 career points
  • Selected to the New York All-State Team
  • Named the NYSAIS league Most Valuable Player (MVP)
  • Earned First Team All-League honors

PLAYER PROFILE

  • Major: Sports Management
  • Career Aspirations: NBA 
  • Favorite Movies: Stomp the Yard
  • Favorite Book or Podcast: Percy Jackson
  • Favorite Pre-game Meal: Apple Juice
  • Favorite Late Night Snack: Apple Juice
  • Favorite Spot on EC Campus: My room
  • Most Exciting Athletic Experience: Breaking the Long Island All-Time scoring record
  • Most Respected Professional Athlete: LeBron James
Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 3 at Elms College W, 90-75
Feb 7 at St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 78-74
Feb 10 Colby-Sawyer College W, 94-75
Feb 15 New England Col. W, 100-58
Feb 17 at Anna Maria College L, 74-64
Feb 20 at St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 74-73
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 23 11
Games started 17 5
Minutes 612 259
Minutes per game 26.6 23.5
FG 96-232 39-109
FG Pct 41.4 35.8
3PT 38-121 16-55
3PT Pct 31.4 29.1
FT 50-60 22-30
FT Pct 83.3 73.3
Off rebounds 13 9
Def rebounds 59 19
Total rebounds 72 28
Rebounds per game 3.1 2.5
Personal fouls 47 21
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 92 49
Turnovers 64 29
Assist to turnover ratio 1.4 1.7
Steals 31 15
Blocks 2 2
Points 280 116
Points per game 12.2 10.5
Points per 40 min 18.3 17.9
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 8 at Nichols College L, 86-70 1 37 6-10 60.0 2-6 33.3 1-1 100.0 15
Nov 12 Bowdoin College W, 81-60 1 19 5-12 41.7 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 12
Nov 14 Fitchburg State University W, 86-68 1 31 8-11 72.7 3-5 60.0 6-7 85.7 25
Nov 17 Endicott College L, 80-72 1 38 5-13 38.5 0-3 0.0 5-6 83.3 15
Nov 18 Skidmore W, 77-69 1 29 3-8 37.5 1-3 33.3 5-5 100.0 12
Nov 28 at #15 Williams L, 71-67 1 29 3-8 37.5 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 8
Dec 2 at Rivier University L, 71-62 1 17 3-8 37.5 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 6
Dec 6 at Connecticut Col. L, 69-63 1 34 5-11 45.5 4-8 50.0 4-4 100.0 18
Dec 9 Johnson & Wales University W, 73-58 1 31 3-9 33.3 1-5 20.0 4-6 66.7 11
Dec 12 Springfield College L, 77-64 1 23 2-7 28.6 1-5 20.0 2-2 100.0 7
Dec 28 at Claremont-M-S L, 74-60 1 32 6-14 42.9 3-10 30.0 3-3 100.0 18
Dec 30 at Caltech W, 76-56 1 23 6-11 54.5 0-4 0.0 2-2 100.0 14
Jan 7 at #5 Tufts University L, 81-78 1 19 2-5 40.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Jan 10 at Lasell University L, 72-66 - 10 0-3 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 13 Norwich University W, 85-73 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 16 at University of Saint Joseph (CT) L, 109-68 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 20 Mitchell College W, 74-62 - 17 1-8 12.5 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 24 Regis College W, 67-66 0 18 1-6 16.7 0-3 0.0 1-2 50.0 3
Jan 27 at Dean College W, 83-72 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 30 Albertus Magnus College L, 76-67 - 16 3-7 42.9 0-4 0.0 4-4 100.0 10
Feb 3 at Elms College W, 90-75 0 29 6-19 31.6 3-7 42.9 0-1 0.0 15
Feb 7 at St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 78-74 - 24 3-12 25.0 1-7 14.3 2-3 66.7 9
Feb 10 Colby-Sawyer College W, 94-75 1 32 7-12 58.3 3-5 60.0 2-2 100.0 19
Feb 15 New England Col. W, 100-58 1 25 8-14 57.1 5-8 62.5 3-3 100.0 24
Feb 17 at Anna Maria College L, 74-64 1 40 4-11 36.4 3-7 42.9 6-8 75.0 17
Feb 20 at St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 74-73 1 39 6-13 46.2 3-8 37.5 0-0 - 15
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 8 at Nichols College L, 86-70 1 37 1 4 5 5 3 2 0
Nov 12 Bowdoin College W, 81-60 1 19 1 5 6 3 2 3 0
Nov 14 Fitchburg State University W, 86-68 1 31 0 1 1 7 1 1 0
Nov 17 Endicott College L, 80-72 1 38 1 5 6 2 5 1 0
Nov 18 Skidmore W, 77-69 1 29 0 2 2 5 4 1 0
Nov 28 at #15 Williams L, 71-67 1 29 0 1 1 4 1 1 0
Dec 2 at Rivier University L, 71-62 1 17 2 1 3 2 1 0 0
Dec 6 at Connecticut Col. L, 69-63 1 34 0 6 6 3 3 3 0
Dec 9 Johnson & Wales University W, 73-58 1 31 0 2 2 5 5 2 0
Dec 12 Springfield College L, 77-64 1 23 0 3 3 0 3 0 0
Dec 28 at Claremont-M-S L, 74-60 1 32 1 3 4 4 3 1 0
Dec 30 at Caltech W, 76-56 1 23 0 3 3 2 5 2 0
Jan 7 at #5 Tufts University L, 81-78 1 19 0 1 1 3 2 0 0
Jan 10 at Lasell University L, 72-66 - 10 1 2 3 0 5 0 0
Jan 13 Norwich University W, 85-73 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 16 at University of Saint Joseph (CT) L, 109-68 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 20 Mitchell College W, 74-62 - 17 1 0 1 3 4 1 0
Jan 24 Regis College W, 67-66 0 18 0 0 0 5 1 1 1
Jan 27 at Dean College W, 83-72 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 30 Albertus Magnus College L, 76-67 - 16 1 0 1 4 2 0 0
Feb 3 at Elms College W, 90-75 0 29 3 1 4 6 1 3 0
Feb 7 at St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 78-74 - 24 1 2 3 4 1 1 0
Feb 10 Colby-Sawyer College W, 94-75 1 32 0 8 8 9 3 3 0
Feb 15 New England Col. W, 100-58 1 25 0 2 2 5 0 2 1
Feb 17 at Anna Maria College L, 74-64 1 40 0 1 1 6 6 2 0
Feb 20 at St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 74-73 1 39 0 6 6 5 3 1 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 8 at Nichols College L, 86-70 1 1 0 1.7
Nov 12 Bowdoin College W, 81-60 1 3 0 1.5
Nov 14 Fitchburg State University W, 86-68 1 1 - 7.0
Nov 17 Endicott College L, 80-72 1 3 - 0.4
Nov 18 Skidmore W, 77-69 1 2 0 1.3
Nov 28 at #15 Williams L, 71-67 1 3 - 4.0
Dec 2 at Rivier University L, 71-62 1 0 0 2.0
Dec 6 at Connecticut Col. L, 69-63 1 2 - 1.0
Dec 9 Johnson & Wales University W, 73-58 1 3 - 1.0
Dec 12 Springfield College L, 77-64 1 2 - 0.0
Dec 28 at Claremont-M-S L, 74-60 1 2 - 1.3
Dec 30 at Caltech W, 76-56 1 2 - 0.4
Jan 7 at #5 Tufts University L, 81-78 1 1 - 1.5
Jan 10 at Lasell University L, 72-66 - 0 - 0.0
Jan 13 Norwich University W, 85-73 - - - -
Jan 16 at University of Saint Joseph (CT) L, 109-68 - - - -
Jan 20 Mitchell College W, 74-62 - 2 - 0.8
Jan 24 Regis College W, 67-66 0 0 0 5.0
Jan 27 at Dean College W, 83-72 - - - -
Jan 30 Albertus Magnus College L, 76-67 - 3 - 2.0
Feb 3 at Elms College W, 90-75 0 4 0 6.0
Feb 7 at St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 78-74 - 1 - 4.0
Feb 10 Colby-Sawyer College W, 94-75 1 4 - 3.0
Feb 15 New England Col. W, 100-58 1 1 - -
Feb 17 at Anna Maria College L, 74-64 1 3 - 1.0
Feb 20 at St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 74-73 1 4 - 1.7
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2022-23 26 21.1 3.5-7.7 1.4-3.9 3.0-3.8 11.5
2023-24 23 26.6 4.2-10.1 1.7-5.3 2.2-2.6 12.2
Total 49 23.7 3.8-8.8 1.5-4.6 2.6-3.2 11.8

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2022-23 26 0 548 92-200 46.0 36-102 35.3 78-98 79.6 298
2023-24 23 17 612 96-232 41.4 38-121 31.4 50-60 83.3 280
Total 49 17 1160 188-432 43.5 74-223 33.2 128-158 81.0 578

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2022-23 26 548 21.1 6.7-14.6 2.6-7.4 35.3 5.7-7.2 21.8
2023-24 23 612 26.6 6.3-15.2 2.5-7.9 31.4 3.3-3.9 18.3
Total 49 1160 23.7 6.5-14.9 2.6-7.7 33.2 4.4-5.4 19.9

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2022-23 26 0.2 2.5 2.7 2.1 2.5 1.2 0.0
2023-24 23 0.6 2.6 3.1 4.0 2.8 1.3 0.1
Total 49 0.4 2.5 2.9 3.0 2.6 1.3 0.1

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2022-23 26 0 6 65 71 55 65 31 1
2023-24 23 17 13 59 72 92 64 31 2
Total 49 17 19 124 143 147 129 62 3

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2022-23 26 0.4 4.7 5.2 4.0 4.7 2.3 0.1
2023-24 23 0.8 3.9 4.7 6.0 4.2 2.0 0.1
Total 49 0.7 4.3 4.9 5.1 4.4 2.1 0.1

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 23 26.6 4.2-10.1 1.7-5.3 2.2-2.6 12.2
Conference 11 23.5 3.5-9.9 1.5-5.0 2.0-2.7 10.5
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 11 25.4 4.2-9.7 1.5-4.5 2.9-3.4 12.7
Away 12 27.8 4.2-10.4 1.8-5.9 1.5-1.9 11.7
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 10 25.4 4.8-11.0 1.8-4.9 2.3-2.8 13.7
Losses 13 27.5 3.7-9.4 1.5-5.5 2.1-2.5 11.0
Month            
November 6 30.5 5.0-10.3 1.7-4.7 2.8-3.2 14.5
December 6 26.7 4.2-10.0 1.5-5.8 2.5-3.0 12.3
January 5 16.0 1.4-5.8 0.2-3.2 1.0-1.2 4.0
February 6 31.5 5.7-13.5 3.0-7.0 2.2-2.8 16.5

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 23 17 612 96-232 41.4 38-121 31.4 50-60 83.3 280
Conference 11 5 259 39-109 35.8 16-55 29.1 22-30 73.3 116
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 11 8 279 46-107 43.0 16-50 32.0 32-37 86.5 140
Away 12 9 333 50-125 40.0 22-71 31.0 18-23 78.3 140
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 10 7 254 48-110 43.6 18-49 36.7 23-28 82.1 137
Losses 13 10 358 48-122 39.3 20-72 27.8 27-32 84.4 143
Month                    
November 6 6 183 30-62 48.4 10-28 35.7 17-19 89.5 87
December 6 6 160 25-60 41.7 9-35 25.7 15-18 83.3 74
January 5 1 80 7-29 24.1 1-16 6.3 5-6 83.3 20
February 6 4 189 34-81 42.0 18-42 42.9 13-17 76.5 99

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 23 612 26.6 6.3-15.2 2.5-7.9 31.4 3.3-3.9 18.3
Conference 11 259 23.5 6.0-16.8 2.5-8.5 29.1 3.4-4.6 17.9
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 11 279 25.4 6.6-15.3 2.3-7.2 32.0 4.6-5.3 20.1
Away 12 333 27.8 6.0-15.0 2.6-8.5 31.0 2.2-2.8 16.8
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 10 254 25.4 7.6-17.3 2.8-7.7 36.7 3.6-4.4 21.6
Losses 13 358 27.5 5.4-13.6 2.2-8.0 27.8 3.0-3.6 16.0
Month                
November 6 183 30.5 6.6-13.6 2.2-6.1 35.7 3.7-4.2 19.0
December 6 160 26.7 6.2-15.0 2.2-8.8 25.7 3.8-4.5 18.5
January 5 80 16.0 3.5-14.5 0.5-8.0 6.3 2.5-3.0 10.0
February 6 189 31.5 7.2-17.1 3.8-8.9 42.9 2.8-3.6 21.0

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 23 0.6 2.6 3.1 4.0 2.8 1.3 0.1
Conference 11 0.8 1.7 2.5 4.5 2.6 1.4 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 0.4 2.5 2.9 4.4 2.7 1.4 0.2
Away 12 0.8 2.6 3.3 3.7 2.8 1.3 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 10 0.5 2.4 2.9 5.0 2.6 1.9 0.2
Losses 13 0.6 2.7 3.3 3.2 2.9 0.9 0.0
Month                
November 6 0.5 3.0 3.5 4.3 2.7 1.5 0.0
December 6 0.5 3.0 3.5 2.7 3.3 1.3 0.0
January 5 0.6 0.6 1.2 3.0 2.8 0.4 0.2
February 6 0.7 3.3 4.0 5.8 2.3 2.0 0.2

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 23 17 13 59 72 92 64 31 2
Conference 11 5 9 19 28 49 29 15 2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 11 8 4 28 32 48 30 15 2
Away 12 9 9 31 40 44 34 16 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 10 7 5 24 29 50 26 19 2
Losses 13 10 8 35 43 42 38 12 0
Month                  
November 6 6 3 18 21 26 16 9 0
December 6 6 3 18 21 16 20 8 0
January 5 1 3 3 6 15 14 2 1
February 6 4 4 20 24 35 14 12 1

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 23 0.8 3.9 4.7 6.0 4.2 2.0 0.1
Conference 11 1.4 2.9 4.3 7.6 4.5 2.3 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 0.6 4.0 4.6 6.9 4.3 2.2 0.3
Away 12 1.1 3.7 4.8 5.3 4.1 1.9 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 10 0.8 3.8 4.6 7.9 4.1 3.0 0.3
Losses 13 0.9 3.9 4.8 4.7 4.2 1.3 0.0
Month                
November 6 0.7 3.9 4.6 5.7 3.5 2.0 0.0
December 6 0.8 4.5 5.3 4.0 5.0 2.0 0.0
January 5 1.5 1.5 3.0 7.5 7.0 1.0 0.5
February 6 0.8 4.2 5.1 7.4 3.0 2.5 0.2

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min