Cantù runs for cover with Dustin Hogue

Dustin Hogue at Cantù

Cantù Basketball announced that it has signed Dustin Hogue, an athlete, until the end of the 2024/25 sports season. Born in Yonkers, New York, on June 30, 1992, Dustin Hogue è a classic center 'undersized' of 200 cm for 100 kg. Endowed with remarkable athleticism and verticality, Hogue provides a major presence in the small post with excellent low post play and a solid rebounding presence.

"I thank the companyà for making an extra effort to include an important player like Dustin – underlined coach Nicola Brienza -. He is a player who needs no introduction, because we all have in mind his years with Trento and also last year in Rieti, in which è he was a great protagonist. È a player of qualityà and leadership, who has always put the team first and thus goes to increase the qualityà of our roster".

After finishing his basketball education at the prestigious Iowa State college, he flew to Greece to sign his first professional contract with Neas Kifisias. In the season played in the top Hellenic league, Hogue immediately demonstrated an excellent adaptation to European basketball by becoming the league’s best rebounder and signing an impressive 11 double-doubles.

He is thusì signed by Trento, where he continues to impress and establishes himself as one of the best longs in the league. Averaging 13.5 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in the playoffs, he drags Trento all the way to the championship final. He remains in Trentino for the next two seasons as well, confirming himself at excellent levels in both Serie A and the EuroCup.

Yet another excellent year earned him a contract with the Russians of Enisey Krasnoyarsk, where he stayed for two years. In the 2020-21 season he moved to Romania to Cluj-Napoca, with whom he also played in the Basketball Champions League. The following year he splits his time between the Ukrainians of Prometey and the Greeks of Promitheas Patras, both also engaged in the Eurocup.

In the’last season he made his Serie A2 debut with Rieti, establishing himself as one of the most’dominant centers in a championship that ended with an average of 12.5 points and 8.9 rebounds. È also starred in the playoffs, in which he played three games with a haul of 10 points and 10 rebounds per game, before ending the season prematurely due to a triceps injury.