Eli Cain Selected to Play in FISU America Games

CHICAGO -- DePaul guard Eli Cain is one of 10 players on USA Team that will compete in Brazil starting July 20 as part of the FISU America Games. The team is organized by Athletes In Action to represent the United States at the games. The AIA-USA Team is one of 10 Athletes In Action basketball teams being sent globally this summer.

Joining Cain on the roster are Shannon Bogues and TJ Holyfield (Stephen F Austin), Markus Golder (Valparaiso), Phlandrous Fleming (Charleston Southern), Drew McDonald (Northern Kentucky), Josh Nebo (Texas A&M), Tayler Persons (Ball State), Fred Scott (Rider) and Billy Wampler (Wright State). Cain and Scott were teammates at DePaul during the 2015-16 season before Scott transferred to Rider. Morris Michalski, veteran Athletes In Action coach, serves as head coach of the team.

Through three seasons at DePaul, Cain is ranked 33rd on the program's all-time scoring list with 1,184 career points. He is also ranked 14th with 118 career three-pointers, 16th with 336 three-point attempts, 17th with a three-point percentage of .351 (118-336) and 22nd all-time with 286 assists. The New Jersey native has recorded 60 games in double-figures with 15 games of 20 or more points including two 30-point games. As a junior, he averaged 11.7 points and 4.7 assists per game while over his 94 career games he has a scoring average of 12.6 points per game.

The team will gather in Dayton, Ohio on July 14 for a five-day training camp before heading overseas on July 19 to play five games in nine days before returning on July 30. The FISU America Games will be held in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

The FISU Games is a macro sports festival for athletes ages 25 and under. Many of the nations in North, Central, and South America will participate. The Games will unfold 26 men's and women's sports over a nine-day period with each sport playing for a gold medal. Athletes In Action has been chosen to field a team representing the USA in the sports of men's and women's basketball as well as men's and women's volleyball.

While competing at the games, Athletes In Action will conduct a compassionate aid event targeting the poor of Sao Paolo, washing feet and outfitting Brazilian children with new shoes. This will be done in partnership with Samaritan's Feet (www.samaritansfeet.org). AIA Basketball will also host basketball clinics/camps as opportunities arise.

USA Team is one of seven teams in two pools for men's basketball. The United States is in Pool B with Mexico and Columbia while Pool A consists of Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina. Select events will be streamed during the games on the Brazilian Federation Facebook page.

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