Cheese played three years at Albany High School and led the team to the Class AAAA state tournament as a junior.[1] He transferred to Combine Academy in North Carolina. As a senior, Cheese averaged 17.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 5.2 assists per game while shooting 41 percent from behind the three-point arc, earning All-State recognition. In April 2016, he signed with Florida SouthWestern over Florida and Chipola.[2]
College career
In his freshman season at Florida SouthWestern State College, Cheese averaged 10.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and two assists per game, earning Second Team All-Suncoast Conference honors. As a sophomore, he averaged 15.1 points, a team-high 6.6 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game and was named to the First Team All-Suncoast. Cheese scored a career-high 40 points against IMG Academy and recorded the first two triple-doubles in program history. He continued his career at NCAA Division I program Akron.[3] On February 23, 2019, Cheese scored a junior season-high 27 points in a 70–58 win over Miami (Ohio).[4] He averaged 11.1 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game as a junior.[5] On February 27, 2020, Cheese received a one-game suspension for bumping into an official in a game against Bowling Green.[6] In his senior season, he averaged 15.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game and earned Second Team All-Mid-American Conference honors.[7]
Professional career
On July 8, 2020, Cheese signed his first professional contract with Universo Treviso of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.[8] He played three games averaging four points per game. On October 26, 2020, Cheese signed with Vilpas Vikings of the Korisliiga.[9] After averaging seven points per game in four games, he requested to leave for personal reasons on November 18.[10] On July 21, 2021, Cheese signed with Pelister of the Macedonian League.[11] Later in 2021, he joined Team Ehingen Urspring of the German ProA.[12]
