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Sam Baker
  • Height:
    6'3"
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    St. Paul, MN
  • High School:
    Benilde St. Margaret's
  • Position:
    G
  • gp
    33
  • pts/g
    20.2
  • fg %
    43.8
  • 3pt %
    40.8
  • ft %
    82.9
  • reb/g
    3.9
  • a/g
    2.3

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 15 at Williston State College W, 78-69
Feb 19 at Dakota College at Bottineau W, 70-54
Feb 22 at Dakota County Technical College L, 85-82
Mar 3 Williston State College W, 60-54
Mar 4 Dawson Community College W, 74-59
Mar 8 at Indian Hills Community College L, 88-76
  Total Conference
Games 33 12
Games started 15 6
Minutes 793 312
Minutes per game 24.0 26.0
FG 224-511 87-199
FG Pct 43.8 43.7
3PT 125-306 54-123
3PT Pct 40.8 43.9
FT 92-111 34-40
FT Pct 82.9 85.0
Off rebounds 35 15
Def rebounds 95 40
Total rebounds 130 55
Rebounds per game 3.9 4.6
Personal fouls 64 19
Disqualifications 1 -
Assists 77 34
Turnovers 78 29
Assist to turnover ratio 1.0 1.2
Steals 40 11
Blocks 2 1
Points 665 262
Points per game 20.2 21.8
Points per 40 min 33.6 33.6

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Oct 19 at Central Lakes College-Brainerd   - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 Northeast Community College L, 89-71 - 25 6-18 33.3 2-11 18.2 4-6 66.7 18
Nov 5 Bryant & Stratton College (WI) W, 83-68 - 29 6-11 54.5 3-7 42.9 4-5 80.0 19
Nov 8 at Minnesota State Community and Technical College W, 86-62 - 17 4-7 57.1 1-4 25.0 7-7 100.0 16
Nov 15 Sisseton Wahpeton College W, 101-81 - 27 6-11 54.5 4-8 50.0 5-6 83.3 21
Nov 18 vs. University of Jamestown JV W, 100-61 - 20 6-15 40.0 1-6 16.7 3-6 50.0 16
Nov 19 vs. Concordia College JV W, 85-66 - 22 9-21 42.9 5-10 50.0 2-3 66.7 25
Nov 25 Iowa Lakes Community College W, 84-79 - 31 7-19 36.8 2-9 22.2 1-2 50.0 17
Nov 29 Ridgewater College W, 109-50 1 19 3-9 33.3 2-4 50.0 2-2 100.0 10
Dec 1 Leech Lake W, 88-46 - 21 9-14 64.3 5-9 55.6 3-4 75.0 26
Dec 2 Concordia College JV W, 77-49 - 24 9-15 60.0 5-10 50.0 0-1 0.0 23
Dec 5 at Northeast Community College L, 78-59 - 20 3-8 37.5 3-8 37.5 2-2 100.0 11
Dec 8 Dakota County Technical College L, 95-69 - 11 6-20 30.0 1-8 12.5 3-3 100.0 16
Dec 9 University of Jamestown JV W, 94-53 1 20 4-12 33.3 2-7 28.6 5-5 100.0 15
Dec 30 University of Winnipeg W, 75-61 1 26 7-15 46.7 6-12 50.0 0-0 - 20
Jan 5 vs. Rochester Community and Technical College L, 73-69 1 33 11-22 50.0 4-10 40.0 0-0 - 26
Jan 6 vs. Anoka-Ramsey Community College W, 96-81 1 26 9-11 81.8 6-7 85.7 2-2 100.0 26
Jan 8 United Tribes Technical College W, 89-70 - 12 3-7 42.9 3-6 50.0 2-2 100.0 11
Jan 11 at Dawson Community College W, 81-74 1 31 4-14 28.6 3-11 27.3 9-10 90.0 20
Jan 15 Bismarck State College W, 106-70 1 28 14-20 70.0 7-11 63.6 2-2 100.0 37
Jan 17 at Lake Region State College - ND W, 87-79 1 35 10-16 62.5 7-9 77.8 7-9 77.8 34
Jan 22 Williston State College W, 74-58 1 23 0-10 0.0 0-6 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Jan 25 Dakota College at Bottineau W, 86-52 1 27 8-18 44.4 6-13 46.2 1-1 100.0 23
Jan 29 vs. Sisseton Wahpeton College W, 114-105 1 38 10-27 37.0 4-15 26.7 4-6 66.7 28
Feb 1 at United Tribes Technical College W, 121-98 - 33 16-28 57.1 10-16 62.5 2-3 66.7 44
Feb 5 Dawson Community College L, 72-70 1 30 10-25 40.0 5-15 33.3 2-2 100.0 27
Feb 8 at Bismarck State College W, 99-83 - 26 5-18 27.8 3-9 33.3 4-5 80.0 17
Feb 12 Lake Region State College - ND W, 86-61 - 25 8-16 50.0 5-8 62.5 2-2 100.0 23
Feb 15 at Williston State College W, 78-69 0 19 6-17 35.3 3-10 30.0 2-2 100.0 17
Feb 19 at Dakota College at Bottineau W, 70-54 - 22 3-10 30.0 2-9 22.2 0-0 - 8
Feb 22 at Dakota County Technical College L, 85-82 - 26 6-18 33.3 5-12 41.7 2-2 100.0 19
Mar 3 Williston State College W, 60-54 1 26 5-16 31.3 4-13 30.8 2-2 100.0 16
Mar 4 Dawson Community College W, 74-59 1 19 7-16 43.8 4-11 36.4 5-5 100.0 23
Mar 8 at Indian Hills Community College L, 88-76 1 1 4-7 57.1 2-2 100.0 2-2 100.0 12

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Oct 19 at Central Lakes College-Brainerd   - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 Northeast Community College L, 89-71 - 25 0 4 4 2 2 5 0
Nov 5 Bryant & Stratton College (WI) W, 83-68 - 29 0 3 3 3 6 1 0
Nov 8 at Minnesota State Community and Technical College W, 86-62 - 17 0 4 4 0 4 2 0
Nov 15 Sisseton Wahpeton College W, 101-81 - 27 0 6 6 6 1 2 0
Nov 18 vs. University of Jamestown JV W, 100-61 - 20 1 7 8 2 0 1 0
Nov 19 vs. Concordia College JV W, 85-66 - 22 2 4 6 4 1 3 0
Nov 25 Iowa Lakes Community College W, 84-79 - 31 1 1 2 1 2 3 0
Nov 29 Ridgewater College W, 109-50 1 19 1 1 2 5 0 1 0
Dec 1 Leech Lake W, 88-46 - 21 0 2 2 0 1 2 0
Dec 2 Concordia College JV W, 77-49 - 24 0 1 1 2 0 2 0
Dec 5 at Northeast Community College L, 78-59 - 20 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
Dec 8 Dakota County Technical College L, 95-69 - 11 5 2 7 1 3 1 1
Dec 9 University of Jamestown JV W, 94-53 1 20 1 3 4 1 1 1 0
Dec 30 University of Winnipeg W, 75-61 1 26 1 2 3 3 2 0 0
Jan 5 vs. Rochester Community and Technical College L, 73-69 1 33 3 3 6 0 2 3 0
Jan 6 vs. Anoka-Ramsey Community College W, 96-81 1 26 0 2 2 2 4 1 0
Jan 8 United Tribes Technical College W, 89-70 - 12 1 0 1 1 2 1 0
Jan 11 at Dawson Community College W, 81-74 1 31 0 0 0 3 4 1 0
Jan 15 Bismarck State College W, 106-70 1 28 0 4 4 2 0 2 0
Jan 17 at Lake Region State College - ND W, 87-79 1 35 1 6 7 3 7 2 0
Jan 22 Williston State College W, 74-58 1 23 4 0 4 1 5 0 0
Jan 25 Dakota College at Bottineau W, 86-52 1 27 3 5 8 2 3 1 0
Jan 29 vs. Sisseton Wahpeton College W, 114-105 1 38 2 3 5 2 4 0 0
Feb 1 at United Tribes Technical College W, 121-98 - 33 3 5 8 3 3 0 1
Feb 5 Dawson Community College L, 72-70 1 30 1 6 7 5 0 1 0
Feb 8 at Bismarck State College W, 99-83 - 26 0 5 5 4 1 2 0
Feb 12 Lake Region State College - ND W, 86-61 - 25 0 3 3 3 0 1 0
Feb 15 at Williston State College W, 78-69 0 19 1 4 5 4 1 0 0
Feb 19 at Dakota College at Bottineau W, 70-54 - 22 1 2 3 3 3 0 0
Feb 22 at Dakota County Technical College L, 85-82 - 26 0 2 2 3 4 0 0
Mar 3 Williston State College W, 60-54 1 26 2 2 4 3 3 0 0
Mar 4 Dawson Community College W, 74-59 1 19 1 2 3 2 2 0 0
Mar 8 at Indian Hills Community College L, 88-76 1 1 0 1 1 1 4 0 0

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Oct 19 at Central Lakes College-Brainerd   - - - -
Nov 3 Northeast Community College L, 89-71 - 5 - 1.0
Nov 5 Bryant & Stratton College (WI) W, 83-68 - 3 - 0.5
Nov 8 at Minnesota State Community and Technical College W, 86-62 - 3 - 0.0
Nov 15 Sisseton Wahpeton College W, 101-81 - 3 - 6.0
Nov 18 vs. University of Jamestown JV W, 100-61 - 2 - -
Nov 19 vs. Concordia College JV W, 85-66 - 2 - 4.0
Nov 25 Iowa Lakes Community College W, 84-79 - 1 - 0.5
Nov 29 Ridgewater College W, 109-50 1 1 - -
Dec 1 Leech Lake W, 88-46 - 1 - 0.0
Dec 2 Concordia College JV W, 77-49 - 1 - -
Dec 5 at Northeast Community College L, 78-59 - 2 - 0.0
Dec 8 Dakota County Technical College L, 95-69 - 3 - 0.3
Dec 9 University of Jamestown JV W, 94-53 1 0 - 1.0
Dec 30 University of Winnipeg W, 75-61 1 2 - 1.5
Jan 5 vs. Rochester Community and Technical College L, 73-69 1 2 - 0.0
Jan 6 vs. Anoka-Ramsey Community College W, 96-81 1 0 - 0.5
Jan 8 United Tribes Technical College W, 89-70 - 2 - 0.5
Jan 11 at Dawson Community College W, 81-74 1 3 - 0.8
Jan 15 Bismarck State College W, 106-70 1 0 - -
Jan 17 at Lake Region State College - ND W, 87-79 1 2 - 0.4
Jan 22 Williston State College W, 74-58 1 1 - 0.2
Jan 25 Dakota College at Bottineau W, 86-52 1 2 - 0.7
Jan 29 vs. Sisseton Wahpeton College W, 114-105 1 3 - 0.5
Feb 1 at United Tribes Technical College W, 121-98 - 0 - 1.0
Feb 5 Dawson Community College L, 72-70 1 1 - -
Feb 8 at Bismarck State College W, 99-83 - 3 - 4.0
Feb 12 Lake Region State College - ND W, 86-61 - 1 - -
Feb 15 at Williston State College W, 78-69 0 2 - 4.0
Feb 19 at Dakota College at Bottineau W, 70-54 - 2 - 1.0
Feb 22 at Dakota County Technical College L, 85-82 - 1 - 0.8
Mar 3 Williston State College W, 60-54 1 2 - 1.0
Mar 4 Dawson Community College W, 74-59 1 3 - 1.0
Mar 8 at Indian Hills Community College L, 88-76 1 5 1 0.3

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2017-18 33 24.0 6.8-15.5 3.8-9.3 2.8-3.4 20.2
Total 33 24.0 6.8-15.5 3.8-9.3 2.8-3.4 20.2

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2017-18 33 15 793 224-511 43.8 125-306 40.8 92-111 82.9 665
Total 33 15 793 224-511 43.8 125-306 40.8 92-111 82.9 665

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2017-18 33 793 24.0 11.3-25.8 6.3-15.4 40.8 4.6-5.6 33.6
Total 33 793 24.0 11.3-25.8 6.3-15.4 40.8 4.6-5.6 33.6

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2017-18 33 1.1 2.9 3.9 2.3 2.4 1.2 0.1
Total 33 1.1 2.9 3.9 2.3 2.4 1.2 0.1

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2017-18 33 15 35 95 130 77 78 40 2
Total 33 15 35 95 130 77 78 40 2

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2017-18 33 1.8 4.8 6.6 3.9 3.9 2.0 0.1
Total 33 1.8 4.8 6.6 3.9 3.9 2.0 0.1

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 33 24.0 6.8-15.5 3.8-9.3 2.8-3.4 20.2
Conference 12 26.0 7.2-16.6 4.5-10.2 2.8-3.3 21.8
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 18 23.6 6.6-15.1 3.7-9.3 2.4-2.9 19.2
Away 10 23.0 6.1-14.3 3.9-9.0 3.7-4.2 19.8
Neutral 5 27.8 9.0-19.2 4.0-9.6 2.2-3.4 24.2
Result            
Wins 26 24.9 6.8-15.1 4.0-9.2 3.0-3.6 20.6
Losses 7 20.9 6.6-16.9 3.1-9.4 2.1-2.4 18.4
Month            
November 8 23.7 5.9-13.9 2.5-7.4 3.5-4.6 17.8
December 6 20.4 6.3-14.0 3.7-9.0 2.2-2.5 18.5
January 9 28.1 7.7-16.1 4.4-9.8 3.1-3.8 22.9
February 7 25.9 7.7-18.9 4.7-11.3 2.0-2.3 22.1
March 3 15.3 5.3-13.0 3.3-8.7 3.0-3.0 17.0

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 33 15 793 224-511 43.8 125-306 40.8 92-111 82.9 665
Conference 12 6 312 87-199 43.7 54-123 43.9 34-40 85.0 262
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 18 9 424 118-272 43.4 66-168 39.3 44-52 84.6 346
Away 10 3 230 61-143 42.7 39-90 43.3 37-42 88.1 198
Neutral 5 3 139 45-96 46.9 20-48 41.7 11-17 64.7 121
Result                    
Wins 26 12 646 178-393 45.3 103-240 42.9 77-94 81.9 536
Losses 7 3 146 46-118 39.0 22-66 33.3 15-17 88.2 129
Month                    
November 8 1 190 47-111 42.3 20-59 33.9 28-37 75.7 142
December 6 2 123 38-84 45.2 22-54 40.7 13-15 86.7 111
January 9 8 253 69-145 47.6 40-88 45.5 28-34 82.4 206
February 7 1 181 54-132 40.9 33-79 41.8 14-16 87.5 155
March 3 3 46 16-39 41.0 10-26 38.5 9-9 100.0 51

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 33 793 24.0 11.3-25.8 6.3-15.4 40.8 4.6-5.6 33.6
Conference 12 312 26.0 11.2-25.5 6.9-15.8 43.9 4.4-5.1 33.6
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 18 424 23.6 11.1-25.7 6.2-15.8 39.3 4.1-4.9 32.6
Away 10 230 23.0 10.6-24.9 6.8-15.7 43.3 6.4-7.3 34.5
Neutral 5 139 27.8 12.9-27.6 5.8-13.8 41.7 3.2-4.9 34.8
Result                
Wins 26 646 24.9 11.0-24.3 6.4-14.9 42.9 4.8-5.8 33.2
Losses 7 146 20.9 12.6-32.3 6.0-18.0 33.3 4.1-4.6 35.3
Month                
November 8 190 23.7 9.9-23.4 4.2-12.4 33.9 5.9-7.8 29.9
December 6 123 20.4 12.4-27.4 7.2-17.6 40.7 4.2-4.9 36.2
January 9 253 28.1 10.9-22.9 6.3-13.9 45.5 4.4-5.4 32.6
February 7 181 25.9 11.9-29.1 7.3-17.4 41.8 3.1-3.5 34.2
March 3 46 15.3 13.9-33.9 8.7-22.6 38.5 7.8-7.8 44.3

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 33 1.1 2.9 3.9 2.3 2.4 1.2 0.1
Conference 12 1.3 3.3 4.6 2.8 2.4 0.9 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 18 1.2 2.6 3.8 2.4 1.8 1.3 0.1
Away 10 0.6 2.9 3.5 2.4 3.4 0.8 0.1
Neutral 5 1.6 3.8 5.4 2.0 2.2 1.6 0.0
Result                
Wins 26 1.0 3.0 4.0 2.5 2.3 1.1 0.0
Losses 7 1.3 2.6 3.9 1.7 2.6 1.6 0.1
Month                
November 8 0.6 3.8 4.4 2.9 2.0 2.3 0.0
December 6 1.2 1.7 2.8 1.2 1.7 1.2 0.2
January 9 1.6 2.6 4.1 1.8 3.4 1.2 0.0
February 7 0.9 3.9 4.7 3.6 1.7 0.6 0.1
March 3 1.0 1.7 2.7 2.0 3.0 0.0 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 33 15 35 95 130 77 78 40 2
Conference 12 6 15 40 55 34 29 11 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 18 9 21 47 68 43 33 24 1
Away 10 3 6 29 35 24 34 8 1
Neutral 5 3 8 19 27 10 11 8 0
Result                  
Wins 26 12 26 77 103 65 60 29 1
Losses 7 3 9 18 27 12 18 11 1
Month                  
November 8 1 5 30 35 23 16 18 0
December 6 2 7 10 17 7 10 7 1
January 9 8 14 23 37 16 31 11 0
February 7 1 6 27 33 25 12 4 1
March 3 3 3 5 8 6 9 0 0

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 33 1.8 4.8 6.6 3.9 3.9 2.0 0.1
Conference 12 1.9 5.1 7.1 4.4 3.7 1.4 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 18 2.0 4.4 6.4 4.1 3.1 2.3 0.1
Away 10 1.0 5.1 6.1 4.2 5.9 1.4 0.2
Neutral 5 2.3 5.5 7.8 2.9 3.2 2.3 0.0
Result                
Wins 26 1.6 4.8 6.4 4.0 3.7 1.8 0.1
Losses 7 2.5 4.9 7.4 3.3 4.9 3.0 0.3
Month                
November 8 1.1 6.3 7.4 4.8 3.4 3.8 0.0
December 6 2.3 3.3 5.5 2.3 3.3 2.3 0.3
January 9 2.2 3.6 5.8 2.5 4.9 1.7 0.0
February 7 1.3 6.0 7.3 5.5 2.6 0.9 0.2
March 3 2.6 4.3 7.0 5.2 7.8 0.0 0.0

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