Jason Edward Cain (born March 31, 1985) is a professional basketball player who currently plays for
Petro de Luanda in the
Angolan Basketball League
The Angolan Men's Basketball League, (in Portuguese: Campeonato Nacional de Basquetebol em Séniores Masculinos) is the top tier men’s basketball league in Angola.
The league was formerly known as BAI Basket, BIC Basket and Unitel Basket, named ...
. Standing at , he plays as
power forward
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.
Career
Formerly, he played in the
University of Virginia
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Cavaliers, mostly playing significant minutes during his third and fourth years. Cain helped the Virginia team in reach the NCAA tournament in the 2006–07 season.
In 2008, Cain started his professional career by playing for the
New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig
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in the German
Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).
In 2014, Cain signed with
Petro de Luanda from Angola and went on to win the
2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
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with the club.
In September, Petro de Luanda announced Cain was returning to the team.
References
External links
LEB Oro profileGerman League profile
1985 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Angola
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig players
Basketball players from Philadelphia
Básquet Coruña players
Centers (basketball)
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda basketball players
Power forwards
Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball players
American men's basketball players
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