Cecil Gresham
33 Cecil Gresham
  • Height:
    6-5
  • Weight:
    205
  • Year:
    R-Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Bloomfield, Conn.
  • High School:
    Maine Central Institute
  • Position:
    G/F
  • Major:
    Marketing

Bio

As a redshirt senior
Picked up where he left off after losing most of the 2009-10 season due to injury ... Appeared in 27 contests as a redshirt senior, making 22 starts ... Ranked second on the squad in scoring, averaging 14.3 points per game (386 total points), also good for 11th in the Northeast Conference ... Named an All-Northeast Conference Second Team selection ... Led the team and ranked second in the league stats in 3-point shooting, converting with 42.7 percent accuracy ... His team-high 70 made 3-pointers were also good for second in the NEC ... Hit 45.9 percent of his shots from the field, second-most on the side and 13th in the conference ... Pulled down 119 boards and averaged 4.4 rebounds per game, good for second-most on the team in both categories ... Free throw percentage ranked second-best on the team (.787) ... Recorded dougle-digit scoring in 19-of-27 games played ... Opened the season with 15 points at Cleveland State on Nov. 12, going 5-for-12 from the field ... Dropped 28 points at Fairleigh Dickinson on Dec. 2 with 9-for-17 shooting, including six treys ... Followed that up with a 19-point effort at Columbia on Dec. 11 ... Recorded 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting against ACC foe Boston College on Dec. 19 ... Rang in the New Year with 24 points on a sharp-shooting Jan. 8 contest against St. Francis (NY) ... Dropped 26 points against Monmouth on Jan. 22 ... Notched a season-high nine rebounds to go with 21 points from the field at home against Mount St. Mary's on Jan. 29 ... Dazzled Central Connecticut with a 27-point performance at home on Feb. 12, in which he also recorded a new career high with seven helpers ... Was at his best against Sacred Heart on Feb. 19, when he went off for 29 points on a torrid 11-for-17 mark from the field, both season highs ... Averaged 30.15 minutes per outing, good for 20th in the NEC.

As a senior
Appeared in eight games on the 2009-10 season, starting all eight before being sidelined with a season-ending injury ... Became the program's 31st 1,000-point scorer on Dec. 23 with four points against St. John's in his final game of the year ... On pace for his third-straight season averaging double-digit points before being injured (116 total points, 14.5 ppg) ... Led team in scoring in six of the eight games in which he appeared, collecting the highest point total of any Bulldog on the season with 26 against Bucknell on Nov. 14 ... Also chipped in 19 points against St. Francis (NY), good to tie him for the third-highest point output on the year ... Scored double-figure points in six of his eight outings... Led Bryant in rebounding twice ... His nine field goals against Bucknell tied him for the team lead for most in a game on the season ... Made six 3-pointers against St. Francis (NY), another single-game season high for the team ... Made 23 shots from beyond the arc, good for third on the team despite playing just eight games (team-best .371 from 3-point range) ... Averaged 3.9 boards per game with seven assists, six steals and three blocks before being sidelined ... Will redshirt and return for a final season in 2010-11.

As a junior
Bryant's leading scorer as a junior, averaging 13.4 points per game ... Earned Division I All-Independent Team Honorable Mention ... Started 28 games while appearing in all 29 ... Registered double-figure points on 21 different occasions ... Led team in scoring 15 times ... Scored 20+ points in five contests ... Named to the Columbia Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 23 points per game over a two-game stretch, including a 21-point output against Quinnipiac in Bryant's first-ever Division I win ... Averaged 20.7 points against the New England Big Three of Boston College, Providence College and UConn ... Scored 19 points on six threes against No. 2-ranked UConn ... Had a game-high 24 points at Providence, hitting 10-of-20 from the floor ... Scored a season-high 27 points in win at Monmouth ... Recorded a double-double against NJIT, scoring 14 points while pulling down a season-best 12 rebounds ... Finished second on the team in made 3-pointers with 57 on the year ... Second on team in 3-point field goal percentage, converting 36.1 percent of his tries for the season ... Finished the year with 128 made threes for his career, good for fifth on the Bryant all-time list ... Led the team in minutes played, posting exactly 1,000 for the year.

As a sophomore
Appeared in all 31 games for the Bulldogs, starting in 30 of them ... Finished the season second on the team in scoring, averaging 12.1 points per game ... Led the team in 3-point shooting percentage, converting on 42.4 percent (53-of-125) from behind the arc ... Recorded the most made field goals (132) on the season ... Collected a career-high 36 points against Saint Anselm on 8-for-12 shooting from downtown, also grabbing seven boards ... Shot 9-for-11 from the field in scoring 23 points at Saint Michael's ... Drained five threes while recording 26 points, three blocks and three rebounds at Saint Rose ... Led the team in scoring seven times ... Registered back-to back double-doubles against Assumption (15 points, 13 rebounds) and Pace (18 points, 10 boards) ... Scored in double figures 17 times ... Shot 79 percent from the charity stripe on the year, the second-best percentage on the team ... One of three Bulldogs to average double-figure scoring on the season.

As a freshman
Enjoyed a solid freshman season, seeing action in 30-of-32 games for the Bulldogs, earning 11-consecutive starts midway through the season ... Scored a season-high 17 points at Southern New Hampshire in first-career start, going 6-for-12 from the field in 38 minutes of action ... Equaled season-best with 17 points in win at C.W. Post, making 7-of-13 from the floor including going 3-for-6 from 3-point range ... Grabbed season-best seven rebounds in home win over Stonehill ... Scored five points and pulled down six rebounds, dishing out a trio of assists in win over Saint Rose ... Finished the season averaging 4.0 points per outing with 18 made 3-pointers on the year.

Before Bryant
A 2005 graduate of Kingswood High School in West Hartford, Conn., Gresham spent a postgraduate year at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, Maine in 2006 ... Also lettered in track and field and weight training at Kingswood.

Personal
The son of Cecil and Yvonne Gresham, Cecil Victor Gresham was born July 20, 1987.

Career Highs
Points: 36 (vs. Saint Anselm, 1/30/08)
Field Goals Made: 13 (vs. Saint Anselm, 1/30/08)
Field Goals Attempted: 20 (at Providence, 12/22/08)
3-Point FG Made: 8 (vs. Saint Anselm, 1/30/08)
3-Point FG Attempted: 16 (at St. Francis (NY), 12/5/09)
Free Throws Made: 8 (twice, last vs. Mount St. Mary's, 01/29/11)
Free Throws Attempted: 10 (twice, last at NJIT, 1/21/09)
Rebounds: 13 (at Assumption, 1/8/08)
Assists: 7 (vs. CCSU, 02/12/11)
Steals: 3 (twice, last at Saint Francis, 02/05/11)
Blocks: 4 (vs. NJIT, 2/17/09)
Minutes: 43 (vs. Wagner, 01/27/11)