A new Italian team for Tyler Cain

Tyler Cain at Luiss Rome

Through a note, Luiss announced the agreement with Tyler Cain, a 203-centimeter U.S. center, who wore the colors of Tortona in Lega Basket Serie A last season. Born in Minnesota on June 30, 1988, he boasts experience at the highest level in our country: in Serie A he played from 2017 to 2019 in Varese, the following season in Brescia, then Pesaro and the two-year period in Piedmont.

A physical center, with great presence under the basket and who canò help Luiss Roma in the closing stages of this season, going to increase tonnage in the pitturato. Cain last season played 34 games (27 in the regular season and 7 during the post season culminating with the playoff semifinal against Virtus Bologna) with 6 points per contest and 7 rebounds on average.

"The’graft of a player of Cain’s caliber testifies to Luiss’s firm will’to maintain the category conquered last June – said general manager Michele Scatarzi -. By virt’s high competitiveness’in the salvation fight, we thought it appropriate to reinforce the team, going to add a third foreign player to Miska and Sabin’

"This sports season has helped to increase the’appeal of our project, allowing us to attract players who, until a few months ago, were leading players in first-tier competitions at the national and European level. The’hope, now, è to accelerate the growth process – already underway – of our core of Italian players, who will benefit from the’inclusion of an experienced player like Cain".