University of Georgia Athletics
Blue Cain - 2026-27 Men's Basketball Roster
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Blue Cain
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Knoxville, Tenn.
- High School:
- IMG Academy
- Prev Team:
- IMG Academy
Complete bio from media guide (pdf)
2025-26 Season Highlights:
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the third consecutive year.
• The only Bulldog to start all 33 games, extending his streak of consecutive starts to 74 outings dating back to the final eight games of his freshman season.
• Georgia’s second-leading performer in scoring (13.1 ppg), rebounding (5.1 rpg) and steals (1.4 spg) while averaging a team-high 27.8 minutes per contest.
• A good display in the growth of his game: 1.13 assist-to-TO ratio in first two seasons to 2.36 as a junior.
• Produced a team-leading 25 double-figure scoring outputs, including four 20-point performances.
• Collected three double-digit rebounding tallies, leading to a pair of double-doubles.
• Among SEC leaders, finished the season ranked No. 12 in steals (1.4 spg).
• Produced the second-best single-season free throw percentage in school history of 90.7 percent (78-of-86).
• Finished the season as Georgia’s record holder for career free throw percentage at 84.6 (154-of-182).
• Also already ranked among the Bulldogs’ career leaders for points (No. 43 at 1,023), 3-pointers (No. 15 at 141), 3-point attempts (No. 12 at 428) and steals (No. 19 at 122).
• Reached double digits quickly against Georgia Tech, hitting 10 points with 5:24 left in the first half.
• Posted his first career 20-point outing with 22 points against Cincinnati at Holiday Hoopsgiving, largely due to an efficient 12-of-14 performance at the free throw line.
• Notched double-figure scoring efforts in the first 14 games of the season – and 16 outings dating back to 2024-25 – before an eight-point afternoon at Florida.
• Grabbed a career-high 11 boards and scored 17 points against the Gators in Athens.
• After posting two 20-point scoring outputs in his first 94 games at UGA, notched back-to-back 20-point performances at Oklahoma and Kentucky.
• Equaled his career high with eight assists against South Carolina in Athens.
• Scored his 1,000th career point on a 3-pointer at the 17:55 mark of the first half in the regular-season finale at Mississippi State.
• Became the 49th Bulldog to score 1,000 points for Georgia . . . but the first to do so since Yante Maten in 2017.
2024-25 Season Highlights:
• One of four Bulldogs to start all 33 games and finished as UGA’s third-leading scorer (9.6 ppg) and second-leading rebounder (4.2 rpg) while averaging 27.0 minutes of PT.
• Connected on a team-best 84.1 percent (58-of-69) of his trips to the line, which then ranked No. 13 among Georgia’s all-time single season leaders.
• Recorded 18 double-figure scoring outings and a pair of double-digit rebound tallies, leading to the first two double-doubles of his collegiate career.
• Upped his scoring in SEC play, going from an 8.2 ppg average in non-conference contests to 10.2 ppg in league action.
• 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 3-point slump 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 with 10 points and 10 boards and also doubling his previous career high for assists with eight.
• His eight assists (with 0 TOs) against LSU also represented the most by any Bulldog during the 2024-25 campaign.
• Of his season-high 17 points at No. 8 Texas A&M, 15 came in the first half.
• Knocked down a 3-pointer with 48.1 seconds left to ignite a 10-3 surge to close out an 88-83 upset of No. 3 Florida in Athens.
• Equaled his season-high scoring output with 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.
• 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 behind the 3-point arc.
• 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.
• Notched all 12 of his points by connecting on a quartet of 3s 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 a slam dunk by a trailing player 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 he led the Bulldogs on the offensive end during his freshman campaign.
• 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 ranked as the No. 69 overall prospect in the 247Sports.com composite rankings. Rated as the nation’s 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.
• Tabbed 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 poll.
• Enjoyed a standout performance at the 2022 National Basketball Players Association’s (NBPA) Top 100 camp, earning first-team All-Camp after averaging 10.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.4 steals and leading his team to the tournament title.
• 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 on 3-pointers for IMG.
• 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 for 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 at Knoxville Catholic, compiled 1,213 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 boards, 2.8 steals and 2.7 assists, leading KCHS to a 28-4 record and runner-up finish in the Tennessee Division II-AA state tournament.
• As a sophomore, contributed 15.7 points, 5.4 boards, 3.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game to help the Fighting Irish go 21-4 and reach 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 Irish finish 25-4 en route to the Tennessee Division II-AA state title.
Personal:
• Born September 25, 2004, Blue is the son of Chris and Myriah Cain and is majoring 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, played volleyball at Appalachian State.
2025-26 Season Highlights:
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the third consecutive year.
• The only Bulldog to start all 33 games, extending his streak of consecutive starts to 74 outings dating back to the final eight games of his freshman season.
• Georgia’s second-leading performer in scoring (13.1 ppg), rebounding (5.1 rpg) and steals (1.4 spg) while averaging a team-high 27.8 minutes per contest.
• A good display in the growth of his game: 1.13 assist-to-TO ratio in first two seasons to 2.36 as a junior.
• Produced a team-leading 25 double-figure scoring outputs, including four 20-point performances.
• Collected three double-digit rebounding tallies, leading to a pair of double-doubles.
• Among SEC leaders, finished the season ranked No. 12 in steals (1.4 spg).
• Produced the second-best single-season free throw percentage in school history of 90.7 percent (78-of-86).
• Finished the season as Georgia’s record holder for career free throw percentage at 84.6 (154-of-182).
• Also already ranked among the Bulldogs’ career leaders for points (No. 43 at 1,023), 3-pointers (No. 15 at 141), 3-point attempts (No. 12 at 428) and steals (No. 19 at 122).
• Reached double digits quickly against Georgia Tech, hitting 10 points with 5:24 left in the first half.
• Posted his first career 20-point outing with 22 points against Cincinnati at Holiday Hoopsgiving, largely due to an efficient 12-of-14 performance at the free throw line.
• Notched double-figure scoring efforts in the first 14 games of the season – and 16 outings dating back to 2024-25 – before an eight-point afternoon at Florida.
• Grabbed a career-high 11 boards and scored 17 points against the Gators in Athens.
• After posting two 20-point scoring outputs in his first 94 games at UGA, notched back-to-back 20-point performances at Oklahoma and Kentucky.
• Equaled his career high with eight assists against South Carolina in Athens.
• Scored his 1,000th career point on a 3-pointer at the 17:55 mark of the first half in the regular-season finale at Mississippi State.
• Became the 49th Bulldog to score 1,000 points for Georgia . . . but the first to do so since Yante Maten in 2017.
2024-25 Season Highlights:
• One of four Bulldogs to start all 33 games and finished as UGA’s third-leading scorer (9.6 ppg) and second-leading rebounder (4.2 rpg) while averaging 27.0 minutes of PT.
• Connected on a team-best 84.1 percent (58-of-69) of his trips to the line, which then ranked No. 13 among Georgia’s all-time single season leaders.
• Recorded 18 double-figure scoring outings and a pair of double-digit rebound tallies, leading to the first two double-doubles of his collegiate career.
• Upped his scoring in SEC play, going from an 8.2 ppg average in non-conference contests to 10.2 ppg in league action.
• 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 3-point slump 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 with 10 points and 10 boards and also doubling his previous career high for assists with eight.
• His eight assists (with 0 TOs) against LSU also represented the most by any Bulldog during the 2024-25 campaign.
• Of his season-high 17 points at No. 8 Texas A&M, 15 came in the first half.
• Knocked down a 3-pointer with 48.1 seconds left to ignite a 10-3 surge to close out an 88-83 upset of No. 3 Florida in Athens.
• Equaled his season-high scoring output with 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.
• 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 behind the 3-point arc.
• 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.
• Notched all 12 of his points by connecting on a quartet of 3s 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 a slam dunk by a trailing player 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 he led the Bulldogs on the offensive end during his freshman campaign.
• 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 ranked as the No. 69 overall prospect in the 247Sports.com composite rankings. Rated as the nation’s 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.
• Tabbed 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 poll.
• Enjoyed a standout performance at the 2022 National Basketball Players Association’s (NBPA) Top 100 camp, earning first-team All-Camp after averaging 10.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.4 steals and leading his team to the tournament title.
• 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 on 3-pointers for IMG.
• 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 for 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 at Knoxville Catholic, compiled 1,213 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 boards, 2.8 steals and 2.7 assists, leading KCHS to a 28-4 record and runner-up finish in the Tennessee Division II-AA state tournament.
• As a sophomore, contributed 15.7 points, 5.4 boards, 3.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game to help the Fighting Irish go 21-4 and reach 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 Irish finish 25-4 en route to the Tennessee Division II-AA state title.
Personal:
• Born September 25, 2004, Blue is the son of Chris and Myriah Cain and is majoring 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, played volleyball at Appalachian State.
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