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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 55
Gabe Madsen
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Rochester, Minn.
- High School:
- Mayo Senior HS
- Prev School:
- Cincinnati
- Major:
- Positive Psychology Certificate
Bio
FOLLOW ON SOCIAL
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Program leader in career 3-pointers made (314)
Single-season leader in 3-pointers made (105) in 2023-24
20th all-time in scoring at Utah (1,461)
4th all-time in single-season 3FGA in the Pac-12 (272)
9th all-time in single-season 3FGM in the Pac-12 (105)
2024-25 (5TH YEAR)
2023-24 (SENIOR)
2022-23 (JUNIOR)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Program leader in career 3-pointers made (314)
Single-season leader in 3-pointers made (105) in 2023-24
20th all-time in scoring at Utah (1,461)
4th all-time in single-season 3FGA in the Pac-12 (272)
9th all-time in single-season 3FGM in the Pac-12 (105)
2024-25 (5TH YEAR)
- Closed out his career at Utah as the program leader with 313 made 3-pointers
- No. 20 on the all-time scoring list at Utah with 1,461 career points
- Lead the team in scoring (15.2ppg) and steals (33) while dishing out the third-most assists (81)
- First player in program history to drain 100-plus 3-pointers in back-to-back season’
- Finished the season Ranked No. 27 in the NCAA with 101 made 3-pointers and No. 31 in 3-pointers made per game (3.06) – both of which ranked second in the Big 12 Conference
- Reached double-figures in 21 games – including 9 with 20-plus points
- Opened the season with 27 points on 6-of-10 shooting from 3-point range vs. Alcorn (11/4)
- Followed up with 25 points vs. Central Arkansas (11/7), shooting 6-of-13 from long range
- First time in his career, scoring 20-plus points in three-straight games with 24 points vs. Queens (11/12)
- Shot 7-of-10 from downtown en route to a season-high 27 points against MVSU (11/26)
- Set a new season-high with 28 points the next game vs. Eastern Washington
- Named the 2024 Mountain to Sea Showcase MVP
- Dished out a career-high 7 assists against Radford (12/14) at home to go with 15 points
- Had 20 points with 4 assists in front of a large family contingent and high school teachers at No. 3/3 Iowa State
- Went 6-of-6 from the foul line in the final 30s at TCU (1/15) to give Utah its first road win in Big 12 play before finishing with 17 points and 5 assists
- Tied season-high of 28 points at Cincinnati (2/11) where his collegiate career started with twin, Mason
- Broke the Utah all-time 3-points record and helped the Utes upset No. 17/20 Kansas at home with 24 points
- Helped Utah sweep the Kansas schools with 13 points against Kansas State on Big Monday
- Closed out his collegiate career with 17 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals vs. Butler in the inaugural game of the College Basketball Crown Tournament
2023-24 (SENIOR)
- Tied with teammates Cole Bajema, Ben Carlson and Hunter Erickson for the most games played in a single-season (37)
- Started in all 37 games for Utah as a senior while averaging 32.6 minutes
- Averaged 13.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.3 steals
- Led team in 3-pointers made (105), second in scoring (13.6), second in free-throw percentage (.721) third in 3-point field-goal percentage (.386) and fifth in field-goal percentage (.436)
- Helped Utah reach the NIT Semifinals and finished the year with 22 wins – the most since 2017-18
- Led Pac-12 in 3-point makes with 105 – which ranked #21 in the NCAA
- Ranked second in the Pac-12 with 2.84 triples made per game – which ranked #38 in the NCAA
- Reached double-figures in 27-of-37 games as a senior – including five games with 20-plus points
- Opened the season with 20 points against Eastern Washington (11/6)
- Recorded 29 points behind a career-high 8 triples against #6/6 Houston while also pulling down 6 boards
- Had 17 points to help Utah defeat St. Mary’s (11/27) on the road
- Scored 17 points with 4 rebounds and 3 assists in Utah’s victory over #14/13 BYU (12/9) at home
- Posted 20 points in the Pac-12 opener against Washington State (12/29)
- First-career double-double against Washington (12/31) at home with 11 points and 11 rebounds
- Chipped in with 7 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals to give Utah just its third win over Oregon (1/21) in the Pac-12 Era
- Dropped 21 points with 3 steals in Utah’s victory over Colorado (2/3) at home
- Recorded 17 points and 5 rebounds in Utah’s triple-overtime game vs. #8/8 Arizona at home
- Added 11 points in Utah’s buzzer-beating win over UCLA (2/18) at Pauley Pavilion
- Scored 17 points with 4 assists on senior day victory against Cal (3/2)
- Career-high 7 assists at Oregon State (3/7) to go with 13 points
- Had 16 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in opening round of NIT vs. UC Irvine (3/19)
- Career-high 31 points on 7-of-15 shooting from deep vs. Iowa (3/24) in NIT second round
- Posted 18 points on 6-of-12 shooting from three against VCU (3/27) at home in NIT quarterfinals
2022-23 (JUNIOR)
- Started in 23-of-25 games he played in and came off the bench final two games of the year coming off an injury
- Utah’s second-leading scorer averaging 11.6 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists with a team-high 62 made 3-pointers
- Opened season with 13 points in a win over LIU
- Followed up with a then career-high 25 points on 6-9 shooting from 3-point range vs. CSU Bakersfield
- Reached double-digit points in 9-10 game stretch in the middle of the year
- Helped Utah upset #4/4 Arizona at home with 11 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals
- Followed up with a huge 3-pointer in OT at Washington State to help Utah prevail
- Recorded a career-high 26 points behind 7 triples against #20/19 TCU to end a 7-game streak with double-digit points in non-con
- Posted 17 points in win over Washington at home
- Missed 8 games due to lower leg injury (including game he got hurt in) before returning for final 2 games of the year
- Came off the bench against Colorado on the road, scoring 9 points – all from 3-point range
- Closed out the year with 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists against Stanford in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament
- Saw action in 25 games with 10 starts at the tail end of the season
- Averaged 6.7 points in his first season with the Runnin' Utes, including a 7.5 points average in Pac-12 play
- Made his debut for the Runnin’ Utes against Abilene Christian before missing six-straight games due to a collapsed lung
- Scored his first points as a Ute against Manhattan, posting six points, two rebounds and a season-high three assists
- Recorded a a then career-high 20 points against #16/15 USC on 5-of-11 shooting from 3-point range
- Made his first-career start at Washington State
- Dropped a team-high 19 points against Oregon at home behind five 3-pointers
- {osted 15 points on 4-of-8 from distance against #2/2 Arizona at home
- Scored 12 points on 4-of-9 from beyond the arc in his first Pac-12 Tournament game vs. Washington
- Played in two games as a reserve, averaging 1.5 points and 1.0 rebounds in 6.2 rebounds
- Hit a 3-pointer and grabbed a rebound in seven minutes at Georgia (12/19)
- Decided to opt out of the 2020-21 season on Dec. 31
- Averaged 26.1 points, 8.4 rebounds and 5.0 assists while shooting 41.7 percent from 3-point range and 89.8 percent from the free-throw line as a senior in 2019-20
- Made 108 3-pointers
- Helped lead Mayo to a 22-6 mark and the school’s first appearance in the Section One Class 4A Championship game since 2008 before the 2019-20 season was halted due to COVID-19
- Averaged 23.9 points, 10.2 rebounds and 5.0 assists while making 82 3-pointers as a junior
- A two-time Post Bulletin All-Area Team selection
- Scored 2,349 career points
- Tabbed a three-star prospects according to 247Sports.com
- Born May, 1, 2001 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
- Son of Jennifer and Luke Madsen
- Has a twin brother, Mason
- Has a younger sister, Hattie
- Was coached all four seasons of high school basketball by his father, including one year at Bloomer HS and three years at Mayo Senior HS
- Played with his twin brother at Cincinatti in 2020-21 before transferring to Utah
- Twin brother Mason joined the Runnin' Utes for the 2024-25 season
- Graduated with a degree in sociology at Utah in spring of 2024
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