| Gaige Prim | |
| Position: | Power forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 8 |
| Weight Lbs: | 235 |
| Team: | Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus |
| League: | Korean Basketball League |
| Number: | 44 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | 8 April 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Aurora, Colorado |
| High School: | Grandview (Aurora, Colorado) |
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| Career Start: | 2022 |
| Team1: | Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus |
| Years1: | 2022–present |
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Gaige Colburn Prim (born April 8, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). He previously played for West Texas A&M Buffaloes, South Plains Texans, and Missouri State Bears basketball.
Prim attended Grandview High School in Aurora, Colorado. As a junior, Prim averaged 14 points and eight rebounds per game. He was named to second team all-league and helped lead the team to the Colorado Sweet 16. Prim averaged 17 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks per game as a senior, shooting 70 percent from the field. He helped Grandview reach the Colorado Elite 8 and was a first-team all-league pick. Prim committed to playing college basketball for West Texas A&M.[1]
Prim averaged 10.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game as a freshman at West Texas A&M. For his sophomore season, Prim transferred to South Plains College.[1] He helped the Texans achieve an automatic berth in the NJCAA tournament after contributing a 27 point, 14 rebound game during a 73–71 win against Odessa College in the Region V championship game.[2] As a sophomore, Prim averaged 20.7 points and 11.5 rebounds per game.[3] He was named a NJCAA First Team All-American. Prim was one of the top junior college recruits and committed to transfer to Missouri State, choosing the Bears over UT Arlington.[1]
Prim was plagued by an undisclosed leg injury during his junior season but averaged 13.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.[4] He earned Third Team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors.[5] On February 26, 2021, Prim scored a career-high 33 points in a 90–81 win against Evansville.[6] As a senior, Prim averaged 16.7 points and 9.1 rebounds per game and tallied eight double-doubles.[7] He was named to the First Team All-MVC.[8] Prim opted to return for a fifth season of eligibility, granted by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] He repeated on the First Team All-MVC.[10]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Missouri State| 28 || 15 || 21.7 || .493 || .500 || .785 || 4.9 || 1.6 || .6 || .7 || 13.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Missouri State| 24 || 24 || 29.4 || .599 || .000 || .734 || 9.1 || 3.0 || 1.2 || 1.3 || 16.7|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 52 || 39 || 25.2 || .543 || .250 || .759 || 6.8 || 2.2 || .9 || 1.0 || 15.1
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18| style="text-align:left;"| West Texas A&M| 36 || 8 || 18.0 || .539 || .000 || .770 || 6.8 || .6 || .5 || .8 || 10.5
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| South Plains| 34 || 34 || 26.1 || .648 || .438 || .725 || 11.5 || 1.6 || 1.1 || 1.2 || 20.7