Blue Cain

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-5
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Knoxville, Tenn.
High School:
IMG Academy
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• Recipient of the Vincent J. & Barbara Dooley Scholarship for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

2024-25 Season Highlights:
• One of four Bulldogs to start all 33 games and finished as Georgia’s third-leading scorer (9.6 ppg) and second-leading rebounder (4.2 rpg) while averaging 27.0 minutes of PT per contest.
• Connected on a team-best 84.1 percent (58-of-69) of his trips to the line, which also ranks No. 13 among Georgia’s all-time single season leaders.
• Recorded 18 double-figure scoring performances and a pair of double-digit rebound outings, leading to the first two double-doubles of his collegiate career.
• Upped his scoring in SEC play, going from an 8.2 ppg scoring average in non-conference play to 10.2 ppg in league action.
• Posted double-digit scoring tallies in both exhibition outings, including a team-high 20 points against UCF.
• Notched his first career double-double against Texas Southern, grabbing more defensive boards (9) than his previous best overall rebound count (8 at Ohio State in the 2024 NIT quarterfinals).
• Equaled his career high with five 3-pointers en route to a team-high 17 points against No. 15 Marquette.
• Broke out of an 0-for-9 slump from 3-point range to supply UGA’s first points of the night against No. 6 Kentucky and eventually finished with 15 points against the Wildcats.
• Flirted with a triple-double against LSU, securing his second double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 boards and also doubling his previous career high for assists with eight (while committing 0 turnovers).
• His eight assists against LSU also represented the most by any Bulldog during a single-game of the 2024-25 campaign.
• Scored a season-high 17 points at No. 8 Texas A&M, with 15 of those coming in the first half.
• Knocked down a 3-pointer with 48.1 seconds left to ignite a 10-3 surge to close out the Bulldogs’ 88-83 upset of No. 3 Florida in Athens.
• A double-digit scorer in six straight games from Feb. 11-March 4, the longest streak of his career.
• Equaled his season-high scoring output (17 points) and collected a career-most five steals against Oklahoma in the SEC Tournament.

2023-24 Season Highlights:
• One of four Bulldogs to see action in all 37 games, starting nine of the season’s final 10 contests.
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
• Averaged 7.4 points and 2.5 rebounds in 20.8 minutes of action per game.
• Notched 11 double-figure scoring outputs, led by a season-high 19-point outburst against Missouri in the SEC Tournament.
• On the season, 50 of his 103 made field goals – 48.5 percent – were from 3-point range.
• Scored 12 points against Oregon, the first Georgia freshman with a double-digit performance in the season opener since Anthony Edwards and Sahvir Wheeler scored 24 and 19, respectively, in 2019.
• Put up seven points in a span of 60 seconds against No. 12/11 Miami to turn a two-point deficit into a five-point lead. Eventually finished with a game-high 18 points versus the Hurricanes.
• Notched all 12 of his points by connecting on a quartet of 3-pointers against Georgia Tech.
• Put up a game-high 18 points against Alabama A&M...and missed 20 only because he chose an off-the-backboard assist for an RJ Melendez slam over his own breakaway dunk.
• Scored 10 of his 14 points at Florida in the final 3:16 of regulation as Georgia erased an 11-point deficit to tie the game at 85-85.
• Left the Auburn game in Athens due to a cut on his face at the 9:07 mark of the first half but returned with 3:33 remaining after receiving stitches.
• Notched his first career start at LSU.
• Exploded for a career-high 19 points against Missouri in the SEC Tournament, the fourth time this season he led the Bulldogs on the offensive end.
• Enjoyed a stellar postseason, producing season highs for points (19 vs. Missouri), rebounds (eight at Ohio State), assists (four vs. Missouri) and steals (four vs. Missouri).
• Upped his regular-season averages of 7.0 ppg and 2.2 rpg to 9.5 ppg and 4.5 rpg in six SEC Tournament and NIT outings.

High School Highlights:
• Coached by Sean McAloon as a senior at IMG Academy.
• A consensus four-star recruit rated as the nation’s No. 69 overall prospect in the 247Sports.com composite rankings.
• Overall, rated as the No. 49 prospect by On3.com, as well as No. 53 by ESPN.com, No. 70 by 247Sports.com and No. 94 by Rivals.com.
• Ranked as a top-15 shooting guard in the Class of 2023 by 247Sports.com (No. 12), On3.com (No. 12) and ESPN.com (No. 13).
• Named first-team All-NIBC (National Interscholastic Basketball Conference), a league which featured five of the top-10 teams in the final ESPN SCNext national high school poll.
• Enjoyed a standout performance at the 2022 National Basketball Players Association’s (NBPA) Top 100 camp, which was attended by 32 of the top 50 prospects in the Class of 2023
• Was was one of six players named first-team All-NBPA Camp and averaged 10.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.4 steals while leading his team to the tournament championship.
• As a senior, averaged 12.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.5 steals while shooting 61.1 percent from the field and 45.1 percent from 3-point range for IMG’s Ascenders.
• Helped IMG Academy post an 18-8 record, reach the semifinals of the 2023 Geico Nationals and finish No. 9 in ESPN’s SCNext national boys’ basketball rankings.
• Scored a game-high 21 points in IMG’s 66-63 win over Prolific Prep in the quarterfinals of the Geico Nationals, headlined by his spinning, banked-in, buzzer-beating 3-pointer from just past halfcourt.
• Coached by Michael Hutchins at Knoxville Catholic during his first three seasons of high school.
• Voted all-state by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) as both a sophomore and a junior.
• In 85 games played during three seasons at Knoxville Catholic, compiled 1213 points (14.3 ppg), 400 rebounds (4.7 rpg), 253 assists (3.0 apg) and 191 steals (2.2 spg) while helping the Fighting Irish to a combined record of 74-12.
• As a junior, averaged 19.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.8 steals and 2.7 steals, leading the Fighting Irish to a 28-4 record and runner-up finish in the Tennessee Division II-AA state tournament.
• Scored in double figures in every game of his junior season, with 13 20-point outings and a season-high 31 points against Christian Brothers in the state title tilt.
• Notched a trio of double-doubles for the Fighting Irish during the 2021-22 season.
• As a sophomore, contributed 15.7 points, 5.4 boards, 3.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game to help Knoxville Catholic post a 21-4 record and advance to the semifinals of the state tourney.
• As a freshman, averaged 7.6 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.8 steals while helping the Fighting Irish post a 25-4 record en route to capturing the Tennessee Division II-AA state championship..

Personal:
• Born September 25, 2004, Blue is the son of Chris and Myriah Cain and intends to major in Sport Management.
• Blue’s family is full of Division I athletes. His dad, Chris, played golf at Duke from 1988-91; his mom, Myriah (Lonergan), played basketball at George Washington from 1992-96 and is in the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame; and his sister, Sophie, was a setter on the volleyball team at Appalachian State from 2020-23.