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2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster

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3 Elijah Bailey

3 Elijah Bailey

  • Position:
    G
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-3 / 185
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Freeport, N.Y.
  • Highschool:
    The Hotchkiss School
  • Major:
    Marketing

Summary

Biography

Career: The 35th player in program history to reach the 1,000 point plateau, reaching that milestone as a junior as part of a then career-high 32 points against crosstown rival SCSU (Feb. 6, 2019) … Closed out his career eighth in program history with 1,780 career points … Those points came on 638 field goals made which is the ninth most in school history … Among the 638 field goals was 213 three pointers which ranks him third all-time in the history of the program … Capped off his collegiate career as the all-time leader in free throw percentage, connecting on 291-of-346 for a 84.1 percent average.

2019-20: Northeast-10 Second Team All-Conference … Earned NE10 Academic Honor accolades following both semesters, including Academic Excellence and UNH Dean's List honors following the spring semester … One of two players to start all 30 games … Led the team with 19.9 points per game, fourth most in the NE10, finishing the year matching his career-high with 596 points … Closed out the year shooting 43.4 percent (215-of-495), including a career-high 71 three point field goals, tied for seventh most in a single season at New Haven … Finished all but three games in double figures, including 15 games scoring 20+ points … Among those games were three games scoring 30+, including twice scoring a career-high 33 points, first against Saint Anselm (Jan. 22) and then again in the NE10 semifinal, triple OT win over Stonehill (Mar. 4) … In both of those games, also set a career-high with 12 field goals made, while setting a career-best with six three point field goals against crosstown rival Southern Connecticut (Dec. 4) … Added 126 rebounds for an average of 4.2 per game, third most on the team … Collected the first double double of his career when he pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds against Holy Family (Dec. 15), adding that to 24 points … Named NE10 Player of the Week for the second time in his career, as part of a sweep of the weekly awards, on Dec. 16 following back-to-back wins over American International (Dec. 10) and Holy Family … Averaged 25 points on 18-of-24 from the field, including eight three pointers, while also hauling in 15 rebounds during that two-game stretch … Closed out the season with 37 assists and 21 steals … Named to the NE10 honor roll a team-high six times.

2018-19: Northeast-10 First Team All-Conference … Named to the NE10 Academic Honor Roll … One of two players to start all 31 Games … Led the team with 19.2 points per game, seventh in the NE10, finishing the year with a career-high 596 points … Shot 45.1 percent on the season (217-of-481) and led the team with 68 three pointers, tied for ninth most in the NE10 … Finished all but three games in double figures, closing out the season scoring double digits in the final 23 games … Became the 35th player in school history to join the 1,000 point club, doing so while scoring a then career-high 32 points against SCSU (Feb. 6) … Scored 20+ in 17 games and 25+ in seven games … Increased his career-high on three occasions, first in the fifth game of the season against Southern Connecticut (Nov. 28) when he finished with a season-best 11 field goals for 27 points … Surpassed that high for the second time four games later at home against Goldey-Beacom (Dec. 12) when he finished with 29 points while also collecting seven boards and dishing out a career-high seven assists … He then collected his first 30+ plus performance against crosstown rival Southern Connecticut (Feb. 6) when he finished with a season-high five three pointers and went a perfect 9-of-9 at the free throw line for 32 total points … Pulled down a season-high eight rebounds in a non-conference game at Bloomfield (Dec. 30) … Named the NE10 Player of the week on January 7 after averaging 23.5 points and shooting 55.7 percent from the field in wins over Dominican and Saint Thomas Aquinas … Also named to the NE10 Honor Roll a team-high nine times.

2017-18: Named to the Northeast-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Started all but one of the 27 games … Finished second on the team, averaging 12.3 points per game, a career-high … Closed out the year shooting 45 percent from the field (114-of-252) … Second on the team with 45 three point field goals, part of a school record 239 total for the team … Finished 14 games in double figures, including four games with 20 or more … Set a season-high with 25 points in an upset win against No. 22 Le Moyne (Feb. 20) on the road in the regular season finale … Also tied his career-high with six rebounds against the Dolphins … Closed out the season scoring in double figures in five of the final six games … Twice set a career-high with five made three pointers against Merrimack (Jan. 17) and Pace (Feb. 6) … Led the team in scoring in six games, including the final two of the season against Le Moyne and Merrimack (Feb. 25), the latter in the Northeast-10 Championship Quarterfinals.

2016-17: Played in 25 games and started 11 … Finished the season with 12 double-digit scoring games, including a streak of five-straight … Had three games with 20+ points, setting a career-high with 26 against LIU Post Nov. 27) … Grabbed a career-high six rebounds against Mercy (Nov. 11) … Finished the season shooting 43.3 percent from three point range … Finished second on the team in free throw percentage at 83 percent ... Finished fourth on the team with 10.3 points per game.

High School: Tri-State Player of the Year … First Team All-New England … 1,000 Point Scorer … Two Time NYS Federation Finalist … Averaged 24.5 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists per game…Ranked #33 in New England

Personal: Son of Kirk and Brigitte Bailey … Has an older brother, Kirk … Brother played basketball at Mercy College and professionally in South America ... Majoring in marketing in the College of Business.


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Historical Player Information

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    2016-17Freshman

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    6'3" 185 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2017-18Sophomore

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    6'3" 185 lbs
    3
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    2018-19Junior

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    6'3" 185 lbs
    3
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    2019-20Senior

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    6'3" 185 lbs
    3