2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Delrecco Gillespie
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Benton Harbor, Mich.
- High School:
- East Coweta (Ga.)
2025-26 SEASON
Was named to the All-MAC First Team…was named to the All-MAC Defensive Team…was named MAC Player of the Week three times (Nov. 17, Jan. 19, and Feb. 16)…was named USBWA Oscar Robertson Honored Player of the Week (Nov. 18)…USBWA Oscar Robertson Trophy Mid-Major Player of the Month (Dec. 1)…2025-26 Lou Henson Award Early Season Watch List (Dec. 18)…was named to the NABC Division I All-East District First Team (March 17)…started all 34 games for the Golden Flashes averaging 32.0 minutes per game…the roster in averaging points per game (17.7), rebounds per game (11.3), and blocks per game (1.2)…tallied 602 points, 383 rebounds, 59 assists, 42 blocked shots, 33 steals, and 17 threes…was top four in rebounding nationally all season long…led the nation in double-doubles finishing the season with 22 in 34 games…scored a career high 32 points on Jan. 6 vs. Bowling Green…pulled in a career high 23 rebounds on Jan. 10 at Central Michigan.
2024-25 SEASON
Appeared in 35 games making 20 starts…scored 285 points averaging 8.1 per game…led the Golden Flashes in rebounds with 282 and average per game at 8.1…racked up 16 blocks, 29 steals, and 17 assists…posted a roster leading seven double-doubles including at Eastern Michigan on Feb. 4 (season high 18 rebounds, 13 points), at Miami (OH) on Feb. 21 (season high 20 points, 12 rebounds), at Western Michigan on March 4 (matching season high 18 rebounds, 18 points), against Miami (OH) in the MAC tournament on March 14 (10 points, 10 rebounds), and in all three games of the NIT including at St. Bonaventure on March 18 (12 points, 10 rebounds), at Stanford on March 23 (14 rebounds, 10 points), and at Loyola Chicago on March 26 (12 rebounds, 10 points).
2023-24 SEASON
Played in the first 11 games of the season with one start before a season-ending injury against Oregon on 12/21…Averaged 11.4 minutes per game…averaged 3.3 points per game and 3.1 rebounds per game.
2022-23 SEASON
Appeared in 25 games…Only Freshman to get playing time...Averaged 2.4 points per game… Averaged 1.7 rebounds per game… Scored a career-high 12 points on 12/18 against Concord.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at East Coweta High School... Averaged 13.7 points and 11.6 rebounds per game in high school... Ranked in the top-15 in Georgia high school basketball in rebounding... Named to first-team all state.
PERSONAL
Gillespie is earning his B.S. in Professional Studies with a minor in Criminology and Justice Studies...He is cousins with fellow Kent State Golden Flash, Rob Whaley Jr..
