Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball at Baylor on October 10, 2025 at 2 p.m. (MST)
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 2
Chance McMillian
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 170
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Vallejo, Calif.
- High School:
- Jesse Bethel
- Prev School:
- Golden State Prep
- Major:
- B.A. in Digital Film with an Emphasis in Production
Bio
| Read | McMillian made D-I chance Watch | Chance's basketball journey |
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Grand Canyon |
2021-22 | (Second-Year) Freshman
- Finished fifth on the team in scoring at 5.7 points per game, appearing in all 31 games and making three starts.
- Led GCU with an 87.1% clip from the free-throw line (27 of 31).
- Spot starts came against Wyoming on Nov. 22, San Francisco on Dec. 18 and Chicago State on Dec. 30. In his final start against the Cougars, logged a +/- metric of +35 in a 17-point Lopes victory.
- Was first off the bench 15 times, second most on the team.
- Named WAC Freshman of the Week on Feb. 28 after scoring 13 points at Chicago State and a career-high 15 points vs. Sam Houston.
- Led GCU's three freshmen in scoring with 4.2 points per game.
- Was first off the Lopes' bench in nine of 24 games.
- Shot 19 for 47 (40.4%) from 3-point range, tops on the team among players with over 15 attempts.
- Averaged 11.5 points in GCU's two WAC tournament games. Set a season high with 14 points in GCU's WAC tournament opener against Seattle U on March 12 vs. Seattle U on 6-for-10 shooting. Followed it up with a 3-for-4 3-point shooting display in the WAC title game against New Mexico State.
- Scored in double figures on four occasions.
Golden State College Prep |
Oakland, Calif. |
- Grew game with one year of prep school.
Jesse Bethel HS |
Vallejo, Calif. |
- Played his senior season at Bethel.
- Was named the Tri-County Athletic League Stone Division MVP after averaging 28.8 points during conference play.
- Was on the honor roll in both semesters, recognizing a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
St. Patrick-St. Vincent HS |
Vallejo, Calif. |
- Played first three high school seasons at SPSV, accumulating 46 career games.
- Saw an uptick in points, rebounds, assists and shooting percentage each year, topping out with a junior season in 2017-18 where he averaged 13.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists on 48% shooting.
Personal |
- Parents are James McMillian and Judy Bowers.
- Off the court, enjoys drawing, hiking and rapping.
- Developed love for basketball by watching streetball player Hot Sauce growing up. "I would see him doing these crazy dribble moves on people that made me want to go in my backyard and try, with me watching Hot Sauce made me love and have fun with the game early."
- Chose GCU "because I have never seen so much support for the athletes compared to any other university after being at Midnight Madness."
- If he wasn't playing basketball, it'd be football.
- Top place to vacation is Jamaica.
- Outside of playing in the NBA, future career goals include making commercials for big companies.
- His favorite pro sports team include Bay Area mainstays in the Giants, Warriors and 49ers.
Makaih Williams | Media Availability | 9.3.25
Thursday, September 04
Dusty Stromer | Media Availability | 9.3.25
Thursday, September 04
Kaleb Smith | Media Availability | 9.3.25
Thursday, September 04
Non-Conference Schedule Release | Men's Basketball
Monday, August 04
