Raymond Gause
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February 4, 1961 Memphis, Tennessee |
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| Nationality | Puerto Rican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 194 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College | UAB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raymond Gause is a Puerto Rican former basketball player. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee and played his college basketball with the UAB Blazers under Gene Bartow. At Alabama-Birmingham he played with Jerome Mincy and Orlando "Pipo" Marrero. In 1984 he moved to Puerto Rico and established residency on the island. In 1987 he played his first season in the Superior League, BSN, with the Bayamon Cowboys. The following year, 1988, under Robert Corn, he helped Bayamon win their last championship of the 80's. That same year he was recruited by the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team as a three-point shooter and specialist, and became the starting shooting guard for the next four years. He immediately helped qualify Puerto Rico to the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea, at the 1988 Tournament of the Americas Olympic Qualifier in Montevideo, Uruguay.
In 1989 he played in the World Tournament Qualifier, 1989 Tournament of the Americas, in Mexico City and helped the team win a gold medal there. He also led Puerto Rico to a gold medal victory over Panama at the 1989 Centro Basket Tournament in Havana, Cuba. The following year, 1990, he helped Puerto Rico earn a Fourth Place at the 1990 FIBA World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After disposing of World Powers Yugoslavia, USA, and Australia, the team arrived undefeated at 7-0 to the semi-finals, only to lose its last two games in the medal round to the Soviet Union and Team USA.
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