Chauncey Gilliam

Height:
6-5
Weight:
230
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Columbia, Md.
High School:
UMBC

A good scorer and good athlete ... has appeared in two MACTournament games (including one title contest) and one NIT game asa Zip ... played at the same prep school (Brewster Academy) asformer Zip Cedrick Middleton.

as a Junior (2011-12): Appeared in all 34games, making 27 starts (25 of the last 26 games), after sittingout the 2010-11 season … reached double figures in 11 games,including three of the last four contests … led Akron inscoring three times … posted a career-high four assists atMarshall (Jan. 1) … averaged 7.6 points per game as astarter … posted a season-high 17 points againstArkansas-Pine Bluff (Dec. 15) … made his first start in theBlue and Gold against Detroit on Nov. 26 … averaged 15.1points per 40 minutes played, fifth-most on the team …reached double figures in two-of-three postseason games, including11 points in the MAC tournament semifinals against Kent State(March 9) and 12 points at Northwestern in the first round of theNIT (March 13).

as a Junior (2010-11): Sat out the season aftertransferring from UMBC.

at UMBC: Appeared in 61 games, including 52starts, in two seasons for the Retrievers ... averaged 12.0 points,4.1 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game ... shot .461 from the field(258-for-560) and .376 from behind the 3-point arc (64-for-170) ...finished his sophomore campaign averaging 13.3 points and 3.7rebounds per game ... earned America East Third Team All-Conferencehonors ... averaged 15.3 points/game during conference play ...scored in double figures in 12 consecutive games and tallied 20 ormore points six times during the 2009-10 season ... posted acareer-best 26 points at Hartford (Feb. 11, 2010) ... earned fourAmerica East Conference Rookie-of-the-Week selections as afreshman.

at Brewster Academy: Averaged 6.2 points per gameon a Brewster Academy team which lost in the National PrepChampionships’ semifinals to Hargrave Military Academy in2007-08 ... captured the New England Class A Championship andadvanced to the National Final Four, finishing with a school-record31 victories (31-4).

at Leap Academy: Played two seasons at the LeapAcademy in Camden, N.J., in 2005-06 and 2006-07 ... captained theteam in both years and helped the squad to a South Jersey title andstate title berth in 2006 ... named All-South Jersey and All-State,and was nominated as a McDonald’s All American in 2007 ...earned Most Valuable Player honors for the 2007 ScholasticPlay-by-Play Jameer Nelson Classic.

Personal: Born Aug. 26, 1989, in Laurel, Md. ...son of Curtis and LaTanya Gilliam ... father, Curtis, playedcollegiate basketball at Virginia State University ... plays thepiano and the drums ... majoring in mass media andcommunications.