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Jermaine Love-Roberts (born March 27, 1989) is an American professional basketball player and the team captain for PAOK of the Greek Basket League. A 6'3", 186 lbs combo guard, Love played for Prairie State College (where he became the school's first All-America selection in men's basketball) and at University of Illinois at Springfield before going overseas to Lithuania to play for BC Palanga and BC Vilnius of the National Basketball League.

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Jermaine Love

No. 6 – PAOK Thessaloniki
Position	Shooting guard / Point guard
League	Greek Basket League
Personal information
Born	(1989-03-27) March 27, 1989 (age 33)[1] Chicago Heights, Illinois
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	186 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Rich East (Park Forest, Illinois)
College	Prairie State College (2008–2010) Illinois-Springfield (2010–2012)
NBA draft	2012 / Undrafted
Playing career	2013–present
Career history
2013–2014	BC Palanga
2014–2015	MRU Perlas
2015–2016	Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2016–2017	Nevėžis Kėdainiai
2017–2018	Trefl Sopot
2018–2019	Holargos
2019–2020	Scaligera Verona
2020	Kolossos Rodou
2020	Hapoel Holon
2020–present	PAOK Thessaloniki
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-GLVC (2012)

High school

Love attended Rich East High School, in Park Forest, Illinois, where he played high school basketball. He earned All-Conference honors in basketball at Rich East, and was also a member of the conference champions in track and field as well.[2]

College career

Love played college basketball at the Prairie State College, from 2008 to 2010 and at the Illinois-Springfield from 2010 to 2012. As a senior, he averaged 16.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game.[3]

Professional career

On September 27, 2014, Love joined MRU Vilnius in Lithuania.[4]

On August 24, 2015 he moved to the first division, signing with Lietkabelis Panevėžys.[5] On August 12, 2016 Love moved to BC Nevėžis.[6]

The next year, after a successful tryout, he joined Trefl Sopot of the PLK.[7] With Trefl Sopot, he went on to average 13.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

On July 4, 2018, Love joined Holargos of the Greek Basket League.[8]

After starting the 2019-2020 campaign with Italian club Scaligera Verona, Love returned to Greece and signed with Kolossos Rodou on January 22, 2020, replacing the injured Donovan Jackson. He then finished out the season with Israeli club Hapoel Holon and averaged 11.9 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists.

On July 31, 2020, Love signed with PAOK of the Greek Basket League.[9] On July 3, 2021, Love renewed his contract with the Greek club. During the 2021-22 campaign, in a total of 22 games, he averaged 14 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1 steal, playing around 27 minutes per contest.

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