2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Lorient, Brenen
Jersey Number 6
Brenen Lorient
- Position:
- Forward
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-9 / 215
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Ocala, FL
- High School:
- Forest HS
- Prev School:
- Florida Atlantic
Bio
2024-25
Voted American Athletic Conference First Team All-Conference and AAC Sixth Man of the Year...Played in all 36 games and came off the bench in all 36...Averaged 11.7 points per game, 4.9 rebounds per game, 1.3 assists per game and 1.1 blocks per game...Among all AAC players, Lorient made the largest increase in points per game from the previous season...His 421 total points off the bench were the second most in the nation among all reserves and only one point behind the leader...His 178 total rebounds off the bench were the fourth most in the nation...His 39 total blocks off the bench were the sixth most in the nation...Scored in double figures 21 times and scored a career high 20 points twice...Had 10+ rebounds twice...Had a career high five assists in a win at Florida Atlantic on Feb. 27...Scored 20 points with 13 rebounds and five blocks in a win over Temple on Jan. 22...Was the first UNT player to put up a 20-point, 13-rebound and five-block stat line since Tony Mitchell in 2013...Scored 16 points on 6-6 shooting with eight rebounds and five assists in a win at FAU on Feb. 27...Scored 15+ points 12 times, including a 18-point performance at nationally ranked Memphis on Jan. 5...His 39 blocks led the team...His 49 assists were the third most on the team...Had the team's second highest scoring average at 11.7...Shot 47.8 percent from deep...Led UNT in dunks with 23
2023-24 (Florida Atlantic)
Played in 31 games...Averaged 2.2 points and 1.3 rebounds per game...Scored a season-high 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting versus Eastern Michigan on Nov. 14...Had a season-high five rebounds twice...Played a season-high 17 minutes versus FIU on Dec. 13...Had six points on 3-of-3 shooting in 10 minutes of action versus Illinois on Dec. 5...Scored two points in 10 minutes versus Northwestern in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament...Had a season-high three blocks versus Temple in the American Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals to go along with five points on three shots...Had a season-high two assists three times...Made three 3-pointers on the year
2022-23 (Florida Atlantic)
Played in 21 games...Helped FAU reach the 2024 Final Four...Scored 16 points and had 10 rebounds on the year...Played a season-high 11 minutes versus Detroit Mercy on Nov. 19 and scored a season-high six points on 3-of-3 shooting and grabbed a season-high four rebounds in the win...Shot 53.8 percent from the floor on the year...Scored four points versus Western Kentucky on Jan. 28 in just three minutes of action...Scored four points in seven minutes versus St. Thomas (FL) on Dec. 14...Had five blocks on the year...Had a season-high two assists in his collegiate debut on Nov. 7 versus Lynn
High School
Graduated from perennial prep powerhouse Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 2022...Was a three-star prospect coming out of CCA...Was rated as the nation's No. 130 overall prospect, the nation's No. 25 power forward prospect and the No. 22 ranked prospect from Florida...Lorent helped lead CCA to the 2022 Florida High School Athletic Association 4A state championship, a No. 3 end of season national ranking and a 26-2 overall record...Calvary Christian also won the NFHS State Champions Invitational title, which takes the state champs from Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Washington and D.C. for a national tournament at the end of the year...CCA defeated the 3A Washington state champion No. 23 Auburn HS (Wash.) 71-44 in the NFHS title game...Calvary Christian won by an average margin of 24 points in Lorient's senior season...During his senior season Lorient played alongside four other players who would earn DI scholarships: Greg Glenn (Tulane), Marvel Allen (Dayton), Carl Cherenfant (Memphis) and Taylor Hendricks who after one season at UCF would be the No. 9 overall pick by the Utah Jazz in the 2023 NBA Draft... Lorient averaged nine points and six rebounds per game as a senior at CAA...Prior to attending CCA, he was at Forest High School in his hometown of Ocala, Florida...As a junior in 2021 he led Forest to a 6A region title and its first state semifinal appearance in 48 years...As a junior he was named the Marion County Boys Basketball Player of the Year by the Ocala Star-Banner...As a junior he led Forest HS in points per game (17.5), rebounds per game (9.0), assists per game (2.8), steals per game (1.4) and blocks per game...Forest HS finished with an 18-8 overall record in 2021...Out of high school Lorient held offers from FAU, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia State, Murray State and Stetson among others
Voted American Athletic Conference First Team All-Conference and AAC Sixth Man of the Year...Played in all 36 games and came off the bench in all 36...Averaged 11.7 points per game, 4.9 rebounds per game, 1.3 assists per game and 1.1 blocks per game...Among all AAC players, Lorient made the largest increase in points per game from the previous season...His 421 total points off the bench were the second most in the nation among all reserves and only one point behind the leader...His 178 total rebounds off the bench were the fourth most in the nation...His 39 total blocks off the bench were the sixth most in the nation...Scored in double figures 21 times and scored a career high 20 points twice...Had 10+ rebounds twice...Had a career high five assists in a win at Florida Atlantic on Feb. 27...Scored 20 points with 13 rebounds and five blocks in a win over Temple on Jan. 22...Was the first UNT player to put up a 20-point, 13-rebound and five-block stat line since Tony Mitchell in 2013...Scored 16 points on 6-6 shooting with eight rebounds and five assists in a win at FAU on Feb. 27...Scored 15+ points 12 times, including a 18-point performance at nationally ranked Memphis on Jan. 5...His 39 blocks led the team...His 49 assists were the third most on the team...Had the team's second highest scoring average at 11.7...Shot 47.8 percent from deep...Led UNT in dunks with 23
2023-24 (Florida Atlantic)
Played in 31 games...Averaged 2.2 points and 1.3 rebounds per game...Scored a season-high 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting versus Eastern Michigan on Nov. 14...Had a season-high five rebounds twice...Played a season-high 17 minutes versus FIU on Dec. 13...Had six points on 3-of-3 shooting in 10 minutes of action versus Illinois on Dec. 5...Scored two points in 10 minutes versus Northwestern in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament...Had a season-high three blocks versus Temple in the American Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals to go along with five points on three shots...Had a season-high two assists three times...Made three 3-pointers on the year
2022-23 (Florida Atlantic)
Played in 21 games...Helped FAU reach the 2024 Final Four...Scored 16 points and had 10 rebounds on the year...Played a season-high 11 minutes versus Detroit Mercy on Nov. 19 and scored a season-high six points on 3-of-3 shooting and grabbed a season-high four rebounds in the win...Shot 53.8 percent from the floor on the year...Scored four points versus Western Kentucky on Jan. 28 in just three minutes of action...Scored four points in seven minutes versus St. Thomas (FL) on Dec. 14...Had five blocks on the year...Had a season-high two assists in his collegiate debut on Nov. 7 versus Lynn
High School
Graduated from perennial prep powerhouse Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 2022...Was a three-star prospect coming out of CCA...Was rated as the nation's No. 130 overall prospect, the nation's No. 25 power forward prospect and the No. 22 ranked prospect from Florida...Lorent helped lead CCA to the 2022 Florida High School Athletic Association 4A state championship, a No. 3 end of season national ranking and a 26-2 overall record...Calvary Christian also won the NFHS State Champions Invitational title, which takes the state champs from Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Washington and D.C. for a national tournament at the end of the year...CCA defeated the 3A Washington state champion No. 23 Auburn HS (Wash.) 71-44 in the NFHS title game...Calvary Christian won by an average margin of 24 points in Lorient's senior season...During his senior season Lorient played alongside four other players who would earn DI scholarships: Greg Glenn (Tulane), Marvel Allen (Dayton), Carl Cherenfant (Memphis) and Taylor Hendricks who after one season at UCF would be the No. 9 overall pick by the Utah Jazz in the 2023 NBA Draft... Lorient averaged nine points and six rebounds per game as a senior at CAA...Prior to attending CCA, he was at Forest High School in his hometown of Ocala, Florida...As a junior in 2021 he led Forest to a 6A region title and its first state semifinal appearance in 48 years...As a junior he was named the Marion County Boys Basketball Player of the Year by the Ocala Star-Banner...As a junior he led Forest HS in points per game (17.5), rebounds per game (9.0), assists per game (2.8), steals per game (1.4) and blocks per game...Forest HS finished with an 18-8 overall record in 2021...Out of high school Lorient held offers from FAU, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia State, Murray State and Stetson among others
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