Nala Baker

11 Nala Baker

Height:

5-7
Hometown:

Pensacola, Fla.
Position:

Guard
Year:

Sr.
High School:

Pensacola HS
Previous College:

Bishop State CC

gp

28
pts/g

11.8
fg %

35.5
3pt %

32.9
ft %

71.2
reb/g

3.1
a/g

1.9

Bio

Career Accolades

2023-24 (Junior)

Made 29 appearances, making 20 starts in her second season with Catawba ... Averaged 8.6 points per game on 43 percent shooting from the field and 43 percent shooting from three-point range, the third best three-point shooting season in program history ... Dropped 20 points in the season-opening win vs. Columbus State on Nov. 17 ... Recorded a career-high 21 points in the 15-point win over Lenoir-Rhyne on Dec. 2 ... Had 17 points and five assists in the win over Anderson in which the team eclipsed the 100-point mark

2022-23 (Sophomore)

Played in 18 games, including two starts for the SAC regular season and Southeast Regional Tournament champions ... Averaged 3.1 points and 2.3 rebounds in 17 minutes per game ... Scored a season-high 10 points in wins vs. Mount Olive on Nov. 12 and at Wingate on Jan. 18 ... Recorded six points and four rebounds in 19 minutes of action in the Final Four game vs. Minnesota-Duluth on Mar. 22

2021-22 (Freshman) - Bishop State CC

Appeared in 29 games, making 17 starts for Bishop State CC in Alabama ... Averaged 5.1 points, 3 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 16 minutes of action per contest ... Scored a season-highs of 19 points and eight rebounds vs. USC Salkehatchie on Nov. 13 ... Added 15 points, five rebounds and four steals vs. Southern Union State CC on Nov. 18

High School

Four-sport athlete at Pensacola HS, running cross country and track while playing basketball and flag football ... Earned first team all-conference in basketball

Personal

Daughter of Tiffany and Alan Baker ... Born in Troy, Ala.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Feb 15	at Emory & Henry	W, 84-70
Feb 20	Limestone	L, 72-66
Feb 22	at Mars Hill	L, 63-54
Feb 26	at Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 53-52
Mar 1	Virginia-Wise	W, 69-56
Mar 5	vs. (4) Wingate	L, 61-56

	Overall		Conf
Games	28	10th	23	12th
Games started	28	4th	23	7th
Minutes	815	8th	661	10th
Minutes per game	29.1	10th	28.7	12th
FG	113-318	10th	96-265	9th
FG Pct	35.5	17th	36.2	17th
3PT	56-170	2nd	48-139	1st
3PT Pct	32.9	5th	34.5	4th
FT	47-66	15th	34-47	17th
FT Pct	71.2	-	72.3	-
Off rebounds	38	11th	28	9th
Def rebounds	49	27th	40	28th
Total rebounds	87	23rd	68	24th
Rebounds per game	3.1	24th	3.0	26th
Personal fouls	64	70th	55	63rd
Disqualifications	1	6th	1	6th
Assists	52	12th	37	14th
Turnovers	78	4th	69	3rd
Assist to turnover ratio	0.7	28th	0.5	36th
Steals	38	10th	29	11th
Blocks	0	46th	0	44th
Points	329	9th	274	8th
Points per game	11.8	10th	11.9	8th
Points per 40 min	16.1	12th	16.6	12th

Game Log - Shooting

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Nov 9	vs. #24 Columbus St.	L, 90-70	1	22	4-9	44.4	1-3	33.3	4-8	50.0	13
Nov 10	vs. Lees-McRae	W, 92-65	1	31	1-8	12.5	0-4	0.0	4-5	80.0	6
Nov 13	Johnson C. Smith	W, 63-53	1	31	4-10	40.0	2-4	50.0	0-0	-	10
Nov 20	at Anderson (S.C.)	W, 63-62	1	29	1-7	14.3	0-5	0.0	1-2	50.0	3
Nov 23	at #9 Carson-Newman	L, 92-80	1	25	4-5	80.0	3-4	75.0	2-2	100.0	13
Nov 26	at Virginia-Wise	L, 87-65	1	28	10-15	66.7	3-6	50.0	3-5	60.0	26
Nov 30	Lincoln Memorial	W, 66-59	1	27	4-7	57.1	1-2	50.0	1-2	50.0	10
Dec 4	Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 61-56	1	29	4-6	66.7	4-5	80.0	0-0	-	12
Dec 7	Emory & Henry	W, 79-67	1	19	4-11	36.4	3-7	42.9	2-2	100.0	13
Dec 11	at Tusculum	W, 88-77	1	29	5-14	35.7	1-5	20.0	2-4	50.0	13
Dec 14	#10 Carson-Newman	L, 67-49	1	27	1-6	16.7	1-3	33.3	2-2	100.0	5
Dec 16	#23 North Georgia	L, 85-74	1	34	4-12	33.3	3-8	37.5	2-2	100.0	13
Dec 18	at Newberry	W, 71-57	1	32	5-12	41.7	3-7	42.9	5-8	62.5	18
Jan 4	Mars Hill	W, 75-68	1	24	5-11	45.5	2-8	25.0	0-0	-	12
Jan 8	at Wingate	L, 69-63	1	37	8-20	40.0	6-13	46.2	2-2	100.0	24
Jan 15	at #16 Coker	L, 58-50	1	27	3-7	42.9	0-1	0.0	2-2	100.0	8
Jan 18	at Lincoln Memorial	W, 56-48	1	24	1-7	14.3	1-3	33.3	2-2	100.0	5
Jan 22	Wingate	W, 70-67	1	23	1-7	14.3	0-3	0.0	0-0	-	2
Jan 25	at Limestone	L, 60-55	1	24	3-12	25.0	1-5	20.0	0-0	-	7
Jan 29	Newberry	W, 57-49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 1	Tusculum	W, 88-81	1	33	9-19	47.4	7-14	50.0	2-3	66.7	27
Feb 8	Anderson (S.C.)	L, 77-67	1	33	5-18	27.8	1-8	12.5	2-2	100.0	13
Feb 12	#9 Coker	W, 71-65	1	36	4-15	26.7	3-9	33.3	2-2	100.0	13
Feb 15	at Emory & Henry	W, 84-70	1	34	5-16	31.3	4-10	40.0	1-2	50.0	15
Feb 20	Limestone	L, 72-66	1	29	5-10	50.0	1-4	25.0	0-0	-	11
Feb 22	at Mars Hill	L, 63-54	1	33	3-17	17.6	1-9	11.1	1-3	33.3	8
Feb 26	at Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 53-52	1	29	2-10	20.0	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	5
Mar 1	Virginia-Wise	W, 69-56	1	30	4-13	30.8	1-5	20.0	2-2	100.0	11
Mar 5	vs. (4) Wingate	L, 61-56	1	36	4-14	28.6	2-12	16.7	3-4	75.0	13

Game Log - Ball control

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	a/to	stl	blk	pf	dq
Nov 9	vs. #24 Columbus St.	L, 90-70	1	22	2	3	5	1	3	0.3	2	0	3	-
Nov 10	vs. Lees-McRae	W, 92-65	1	31	3	0	3	4	2	2.0	2	0	0	0
Nov 13	Johnson C. Smith	W, 63-53	1	31	4	1	5	0	2	0.0	4	0	2	0
Nov 20	at Anderson (S.C.)	W, 63-62	1	29	3	2	5	5	1	5.0	0	0	3	0
Nov 23	at #9 Carson-Newman	L, 92-80	1	25	0	2	2	3	9	0.3	0	0	1	-
Nov 26	at Virginia-Wise	L, 87-65	1	28	1	2	3	3	3	1.0	0	0	3	-
Nov 30	Lincoln Memorial	W, 66-59	1	27	0	2	2	3	7	0.4	0	0	4	0
Dec 4	Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 61-56	1	29	1	1	2	0	4	0.0	2	0	3	0
Dec 7	Emory & Henry	W, 79-67	1	19	1	0	1	0	2	0.0	2	0	1	0
Dec 11	at Tusculum	W, 88-77	1	29	1	2	3	2	4	0.5	1	0	5	1
Dec 14	#10 Carson-Newman	L, 67-49	1	27	1	3	4	0	4	0.0	3	0	1	-
Dec 16	#23 North Georgia	L, 85-74	1	34	1	3	4	2	1	2.0	1	0	1	0
Dec 18	at Newberry	W, 71-57	1	32	1	1	2	0	0	-	0	0	2	0
Jan 4	Mars Hill	W, 75-68	1	24	0	4	4	3	7	0.4	3	0	2	-
Jan 8	at Wingate	L, 69-63	1	37	1	2	3	2	3	0.7	4	0	2	0
Jan 15	at #16 Coker	L, 58-50	1	27	1	3	4	1	2	0.5	2	0	3	0
Jan 18	at Lincoln Memorial	W, 56-48	1	24	2	2	4	1	1	1.0	1	0	2	0
Jan 22	Wingate	W, 70-67	1	23	1	0	1	4	1	4.0	2	0	3	0
Jan 25	at Limestone	L, 60-55	1	24	2	4	6	0	3	0.0	0	0	2	0
Jan 29	Newberry	W, 57-49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 1	Tusculum	W, 88-81	1	33	6	3	9	1	4	0.3	0	0	1	0
Feb 8	Anderson (S.C.)	L, 77-67	1	33	1	1	2	2	3	0.7	1	0	2	0
Feb 12	#9 Coker	W, 71-65	1	36	0	0	0	1	3	0.3	1	0	3	-
Feb 15	at Emory & Henry	W, 84-70	1	34	1	0	1	2	2	1.0	4	0	2	0
Feb 20	Limestone	L, 72-66	1	29	1	2	3	2	2	1.0	0	0	5	0
Feb 22	at Mars Hill	L, 63-54	1	33	2	0	2	1	2	0.5	0	0	2	-
Feb 26	at Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 53-52	1	29	0	2	2	0	1	0.0	2	0	2	0
Mar 1	Virginia-Wise	W, 69-56	1	30	1	2	3	1	1	1.0	1	0	1	-
Mar 5	vs. (4) Wingate	L, 61-56	1	36	0	2	2	8	1	8.0	0	0	3	-

Career Stats - Shooting per game

	gp	gs	min/g	fg/g	pct	3pt/g	pct	ft/g	pct	ppg
2022-23	34	2	17.4	1.2-3.9	30.1	0.3-1.5	20.0	0.8-1.0	76.5	3.4
2023-24	29	20	24.2	2.8-6.4	43.2	1.3-3.0	43.0	1.8-2.2	81.5	8.6
2024-25	28	28	29.1	4.0-11.4	35.5	2.0-6.1	32.9	1.7-2.4	71.2	11.8
Total	91	50	23.2	2.6-7.0	36.6	1.1-3.4	33.7	1.4-1.8	76.4	7.6

Career Stats - Shooting totals

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2022-23	34	2	593	40-133	30.1	10-50	20.0	26-34	76.5	116
2023-24	29	20	701	80-185	43.2	37-86	43.0	53-65	81.5	250
2024-25	28	28	815	113-318	35.5	56-170	32.9	47-66	71.2	329
Total	91	50	2109	233-636	36.6	103-306	33.7	126-165	76.4	695

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

	gp	gs	min/g	fg/40	pct	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pct	pts/40
2022-23	34	2	17.4	2.7-9.0	30.1	0.7-3.4	20.0	1.8-2.3	76.5	7.8
2023-24	29	20	24.2	4.6-10.6	43.2	2.1-4.9	43.0	3.0-3.7	81.5	14.3
2024-25	28	28	29.1	5.5-15.6	35.5	2.7-8.3	32.9	2.3-3.2	71.2	16.1
Total	91	50	23.2	4.4-12.1	36.6	2.0-5.8	33.7	2.4-3.1	76.4	13.2

Career Stats - Ball control per game

	gp	gs	mpg	off/g	def/g	reb/g	pf/g	dq/g	ast/g	to/g	a/to	stl/g	blk/g
2022-23	34	2	17.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	1.6	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.1	0.1
2023-24	29	20	24.2	1.2	1.5	2.7	2.3	0.1	1.3	1.7	0.8	1.7	0.1
2024-25	28	28	29.1	1.4	1.8	3.1	2.3	0.0	1.9	2.8	0.7	1.4	0.0
Total	91	50	23.2	1.2	1.5	2.7	2.0	0.0	1.2	1.8	0.7	1.4	0.1

Career Stats - Ball control totals

	gp	gs	min	off	def	reb	pf	dq	ast	to	a/to	stl	blk
2022-23	34	2	593	33	46	79	54	0	17	34	0.5	39	3
2023-24	29	20	701	36	43	79	66	2	38	48	0.8	49	2
2024-25	28	28	815	38	49	87	64	1	52	78	0.7	38	0
Total	91	50	2109	107	138	245	184	3	107	160	0.7	126	5

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

	gp	gs	mpg	off/40	def/40	reb/40	pf/40	dq/40	ast/40	to/40	a/to	stl/40	blk/40
2022-23	34	2	17.4	2.2	3.1	5.3	3.6	0.0	1.1	2.3	0.5	2.6	0.2
2023-24	29	20	24.2	2.1	2.5	4.5	3.8	0.1	2.2	2.7	0.8	2.8	0.1
2024-25	28	28	29.1	1.9	2.4	4.3	3.1	0.0	2.6	3.8	0.7	1.9	0.0
Total	91	50	23.2	2.0	2.6	4.6	3.5	0.1	2.0	3.0	0.7	2.4	0.1

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

		gp	gs	min/g	fg/g	pct	3pt/g	pct	ft/g	pct	ppg
Event	Total	28	28	29.1	4.0-11.4	35.5	2.0-6.1	32.9	1.7-2.4	71.2	11.8
	Conference	23	23	28.7	4.2-11.5	36.2	2.1-6.0	34.5	1.5-2.0	72.3	11.9
	Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-	-
Location	Home	13	13	28.8	4.2-11.2	37.2	2.2-6.2	36.3	1.2-1.3	88.2	11.7
	Away	12	12	29.3	4.2-11.8	35.2	2.0-5.9	33.8	1.8-2.7	65.6	12.1
	Neutral	3	3	29.7	3.0-10.3	29.0	1.0-6.3	15.8	3.7-5.7	64.7	10.7
Result	Wins	16	16	28.8	3.7-10.8	34.1	2.1-5.9	35.1	1.5-2.1	70.6	10.9
Result	Losses	12	12	29.6	4.5-12.1	37.2	1.9-6.3	30.3	1.9-2.7	71.9	12.8
Month	November	7	7	27.6	4.0-8.7	45.9	1.4-4.0	35.7	2.1-3.4	62.5	11.6
	December	6	6	28.3	3.8-10.2	37.7	2.5-5.8	42.9	2.2-3.0	72.2	12.3
	January	6	6	26.5	3.5-10.7	32.8	1.7-5.5	30.3	1.0-1.0	100.0	9.7
	February	7	7	32.4	4.7-15.0	31.4	2.6-8.1	31.6	1.1-1.7	66.7	13.1
	March	2	2	33.0	4.0-13.5	29.6	1.5-8.5	17.6	2.5-3.0	83.3	12.0

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

		gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event	Total	28	28	815	113-318	35.5	56-170	32.9	47-66	71.2	329
	Conference	23	23	661	96-265	36.2	48-139	34.5	34-47	72.3	274
	Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location	Home	13	13	375	54-145	37.2	29-80	36.3	15-17	88.2	152
	Away	12	12	351	50-142	35.2	24-71	33.8	21-32	65.6	145
	Neutral	3	3	89	9-31	29.0	3-19	15.8	11-17	64.7	32
Result	Wins	16	16	460	59-173	34.1	33-94	35.1	24-34	70.6	175
Result	Losses	12	12	355	54-145	37.2	23-76	30.3	23-32	71.9	154
Month	November	7	7	193	28-61	45.9	10-28	35.7	15-24	62.5	81
	December	6	6	170	23-61	37.7	15-35	42.9	13-18	72.2	74
	January	6	6	159	21-64	32.8	10-33	30.3	6-6	100.0	58
	February	7	7	227	33-105	31.4	18-57	31.6	8-12	66.7	92
	March	2	2	66	8-27	29.6	3-17	17.6	5-6	83.3	24

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

		gp	gs	min/g	fg/40	pct	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pct	pts/40
Event	Total	28	28	29.1	5.5-15.6	35.5	2.7-8.3	32.9	2.3-3.2	71.2	16.1
	Conference	23	23	28.7	5.8-16.0	36.2	2.9-8.4	34.5	2.1-2.8	72.3	16.6
	Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-	-
Location	Home	13	13	28.8	5.8-15.5	37.2	3.1-8.5	36.3	1.6-1.8	88.2	16.2
	Away	12	12	29.3	5.7-16.2	35.2	2.7-8.1	33.8	2.4-3.6	65.6	16.5
	Neutral	3	3	29.7	4.0-13.9	29.0	1.3-8.5	15.8	4.9-7.6	64.7	14.4
Result	Wins	16	16	28.8	5.1-15.0	34.1	2.9-8.2	35.1	2.1-3.0	70.6	15.2
Result	Losses	12	12	29.6	6.1-16.3	37.2	2.6-8.6	30.3	2.6-3.6	71.9	17.4
Month	November	7	7	27.6	5.8-12.6	45.9	2.1-5.8	35.7	3.1-5.0	62.5	16.8
	December	6	6	28.3	5.4-14.4	37.7	3.5-8.2	42.9	3.1-4.2	72.2	17.4
	January	6	6	26.5	5.3-16.1	32.8	2.5-8.3	30.3	1.5-1.5	100.0	14.6
	February	7	7	32.4	5.8-18.5	31.4	3.2-10.0	31.6	1.4-2.1	66.7	16.2
	March	2	2	33.0	4.8-16.4	29.6	1.8-10.3	17.6	3.0-3.6	83.3	14.5

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

		gp	gs	mpg	off/g	def/g	reb/g	pf/g	dq/g	ast/g	to/g	a/to	stl/g	blk/g
Event	Total	28	28	29.1	1.4	1.8	3.1	2.3	0.0	1.9	2.8	0.7	1.4	0.0
	Conference	23	23	28.7	1.2	1.7	3.0	2.4	0.0	1.6	3.0	0.5	1.3	0.0
	Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location	Home	13	13	28.8	1.4	1.7	3.1	2.2	0.0	1.5	3.2	0.5	1.5	0.0
	Away	12	12	29.3	1.3	1.8	3.1	2.4	0.1	1.7	2.6	0.6	1.2	0.0
	Neutral	3	3	29.7	1.7	1.7	3.3	2.0	0.0	4.3	2.0	2.2	1.3	0.0
Result	Wins	16	16	28.8	1.6	1.4	2.9	2.3	0.1	1.7	2.6	0.6	1.6	0.0
Result	Losses	12	12	29.6	1.1	2.3	3.3	2.3	0.0	2.1	3.0	0.7	1.1	0.0
Month	November	7	7	27.6	1.9	1.7	3.6	2.3	0.0	2.7	3.9	0.7	1.1	0.0
	December	6	6	28.3	1.0	1.7	2.7	2.2	0.2	0.7	2.5	0.3	1.5	0.0
	January	6	6	26.5	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.3	0.0	1.8	2.8	0.6	2.0	0.0
	February	7	7	32.4	1.6	1.1	2.7	2.4	0.0	1.3	2.4	0.5	1.1	0.0
	March	2	2	33.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.0	-	4.5	1.0	4.5	0.5	0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

		gp	gs	min	off	def	reb	pf	dq	ast	to	a/to	stl	blk
Event	Total	28	28	815	38	49	87	64	1	52	78	0.7	38	0
	Conference	23	23	661	28	40	68	55	1	37	69	0.5	29	0
	Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location	Home	13	13	375	18	22	40	29	0	19	41	0.5	20	0
	Away	12	12	351	15	22	37	29	1	20	31	0.6	14	0
	Neutral	3	3	89	5	5	10	6	0	13	6	2.2	4	0
Result	Wins	16	16	460	25	22	47	36	1	27	42	0.6	25	0
Result	Losses	12	12	355	13	27	40	28	0	25	36	0.7	13	0
Month	November	7	7	193	13	12	25	16	0	19	27	0.7	8	0
	December	6	6	170	6	10	16	13	1	4	15	0.3	9	0
	January	6	6	159	7	15	22	14	0	11	17	0.6	12	0
	February	7	7	227	11	8	19	17	0	9	17	0.5	8	0
	March	2	2	66	1	4	5	4	-	9	2	4.5	1	0

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

		gp	gs	mpg	off/40	def/40	reb/40	pf/40	dq/40	ast/40	to/40	a/to	stl/40	blk/40
Event	Total	28	28	29.1	1.9	2.4	4.3	3.1	0.0	2.6	3.8	0.7	1.9	0.0
	Conference	23	23	28.7	1.7	2.4	4.1	3.3	0.1	2.2	4.2	0.5	1.8	0.0
	Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location	Home	13	13	28.8	1.9	2.3	4.3	3.1	0.0	2.0	4.4	0.5	2.1	0.0
	Away	12	12	29.3	1.7	2.5	4.2	3.3	0.1	2.3	3.5	0.6	1.6	0.0
	Neutral	3	3	29.7	2.2	2.2	4.5	2.7	0.0	5.8	2.7	2.2	1.8	0.0
Result	Wins	16	16	28.8	2.2	1.9	4.1	3.1	0.1	2.3	3.7	0.6	2.2	0.0
Result	Losses	12	12	29.6	1.5	3.0	4.5	3.2	0.0	2.8	4.1	0.7	1.5	0.0
Month	November	7	7	27.6	2.7	2.5	5.2	3.3	0.0	3.9	5.6	0.7	1.7	0.0
	December	6	6	28.3	1.4	2.4	3.8	3.1	0.2	0.9	3.5	0.3	2.1	0.0
	January	6	6	26.5	1.8	3.8	5.5	3.5	0.0	2.8	4.3	0.6	3.0	0.0
	February	7	7	32.4	1.9	1.4	3.3	3.0	0.0	1.6	3.0	0.5	1.4	0.0
	March	2	2	33.0	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.4	0.0	5.5	1.2	4.5	0.6	0.0

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