Career
Mascarenhas played professional basketball in Portugal with F.C. Porto. He then joined countryman Marques Houtman on Angolan side Primero de Agosto at the 2007-2008 season and then played for another Angolan team, American Statistical Association. Mascarenhas currently is the captain of the Cape Verde national basketball team At the 2007 International Basketball Federation Africa Championship, after leading the Cape Verdeans to a surprise third-place finish in the tournament. he was named to the All-Tournament team