BEFORE NBA
College (Marquette/Oakland: 2017-22): Concluded his collegiate career at Oakland University after spending his first four years at Marquette…Appeared in 150 collegiate games (61 starts), averaging 8.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 21.6 minutes while shooting .478 from the field, .351 from three-point range and .756 percent from the foul line…Senior (2021-22) Oakland: As a fifth year senior at Oakland, started all 30 games he played in, averaging 19.9 points (led team), 10.2 rebounds (led team) and 1.8 steals in 35.0 minutes per game…Shot .499 from the floor, .298 from three-point range and .841 from the foul stripe…Named 2021-22 Horizon League Co-Player of the Year, the seventh Golden Grizzly and the eighth total award…Four-time Horizon League Nike Player of the Week…2021-22 Lou Henson All-America honoree…Finished the season as the only Horizon League student-athlete to average double-digits in both categories…Established a career-high 32 points against Detroit Mercy in a win (Feb. 13)…Reached the 31-point mark in the team's loss to Alabama (Nov. 19)…Boasted a 20-20 game in Oakland's road win against Green Bay with 26 points and 21 rebounds, a career-high (Jan. 22)…Went a perfect 14-14 from the free throw line against the Phoenix (Jan. 22)…Shot 10-12 from the field for 28 points in the win over Delaware (Nov. 24)…Senior (2020-2021) Marquette: Appeared in 27 games (26 starts) for Marquette, averaging 9.6 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 29.9 minutes per contest…Converted .442 from the field, .343 from deep and .722 from the charity stripe… Opened season with 16 points and six rebounds in win over UAPB (Nov. 25)
Finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds against Oklahoma State (Dec. 1) for first career double-double…Netted career-high 25 points at Georgetown (Jan. 2) on 10-of-15 shooting from the floor, including 4-of-5 from distance…Junior (2019-20) Marquette: Appeared in all 30 games (one start) for the Golden Eagles, averaging 5.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 18.4 minutes per game…Converted .483 from the field, .382 from three-point distance and .719 from the free throw line…Pulled down a career-best 12 rebounds in 27 minutes and added eight points, three assists and a pair of steals against Jacksonville (Dec. 4)…Chipped in career-best 17 points in road win against Kansas State (Dec. 7)…Sophomore (2018-19) Marquette: In 29 games (three starts), Cain posted averages of 1.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 0.2 assists in 8.7 minutes per contest…Shot .438 from the field, .273 from deep and .250 from the charity stripe…Played a season-high 27 minutes against Southern (Dec. 28) and notched season-bests of eight rebounds and four steals…Freshman (2017-18) Marquette: Played in 34 of 35 games as a true freshman, contributing 4.6 points and 3.4 rebounds per game ... Finished fourth on the squad with 26 3-pointers made and his 47.3 3-point percentage was second ... Made his collegiate debut against Mount St. Mary's where he totaled 12 minutes, three points and one rebound (Nov. 10)... Set a career high with 16 points, shooting 4-of-6 behind the arc and 5-of-8 from the floor against Xavier (Dec. 27) ...With seven rebounds, Cain set a career high against DePaul, also notching eight points on the night (Jan. 15) ...Posted 11 points and nabbed six rebounds in the opening round of the NIT against Harvard (March 14).
High School: Rated as high as 77th in the nation by rivals.com…Ranked as second-best player in state by The Detroit Free Press…Concluded his prep career with over 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds…Spent each of his last three seasons at Cornerstone Health & Technology…Finalist for Michigan’s Hal Schram Mr. Basketball Award as a senior…Averaged 24.0 points, 14.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in 2016-17…Was named First Team All-State honoree as a junior and was named the Michigan Class C Player of the year in 2015-16…Chipped in 26.0 points and 15.7 rebounds per contest that season…Competed on the AAU circuit with The Family Detroit…Played his freshman campaign at Melvindale Academy for Business & Technology.