Gabe McGlothan - Grand Canyon University basketball player on baptism, the Bible and the Big Dance

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🗓️ 12 January 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Gabe McGlothan is a basketball player with Grand Canyon University. He played his high school basketball in Chandler, Arizona, winning a state championship in 2017. After a year of prep school in Putnam, CT, he signed on with Southeast Missouri State. After one season, he decided to transfer to Grand Canyon University.

In 2022-23 season, McGlothan was named All-WAC second team after averaging 12.8 pts and a team leading 7.6 rebounds in helping his team to the NCAA Tournament. In 2023-24, he once again leads his team in rebounding and in a win over No. 25 SDSU on December 5, 2023, Gabe had 15 points and 13 rebounds in helping the Lopes to their first ever victory over a ranked opponent.

Today on the podcast, we talk to Gabe McGlothan about his greatest accomplishment, his Big Dance moment in March 2023, and why he reads the Bible on the bench before introductions of each game.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, coming up today on Sports Spectrum, a great conversation with Gabe McLaughin.
0:04.8	He is with Grand Canyon University.
0:07.1	He's on their basketball team.
0:08.9	Last year, averaged 13 points, a team high 7.6 rebounds.
0:13.4	And that was the Grand Canyon University team that made it all the way to the NCAA tournament.
0:18.7	Gabe was all-wack second team last year. He came from southeast Missouri
0:24.5	State and then transferred into GCU before the 2020 season. Of course, that year being COVID,
0:30.7	he was a state champion in high school back in Chandler, Arizona. He's got a great perspective
0:36.4	on life, a great perspective on basketball.
0:39.9	And he is one of the, if not the spiritual leader with this basketball team at Grand Canyon
0:46.3	University. How about bringing your Bible on the bench before every game and praying while
0:52.7	you're waiting for the game to start, reading a Bible verse and
0:55.7	doing a quick devotional. That's pretty cool. Gabe talks all about that, the experience at March
1:01.2	Madness last year, praying on the team playing before they headed out to face Gonzaga last year.
1:07.4	That's what Gabe was commissioned to do. There's so much good stuff in this conversation.
1:11.9	I think you're going to love getting to know Gabe McLaughen with Grand Canyon University. He might
1:16.6	become your new favorite college basketball player. It's coming up in just a moment here on
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