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Matt Brien

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Matt Brien

Height
6'4"
Weight
200 lbs
Age
2
Current Team
Nebraska–Kearney Lopers
Competitions
NCAA Division 2
Nationality
nzl New Zealand
Position
Guard

CAREER HIGHS – As of 3/1/22
Career High Points: 16, vs. Fort Hays (12/5/20) & Missouri Western (1/14/21)
Career High Field Goals: 6, vs. Fort Hays (12/5/20) & vs. Missouri Western (1/14/21)
Career High 3’s Made: 4, vs. Fort Hays State (12/5/20) & Missouri Western (1/14/21)
Career High Free Throws Made: 2, eight times
Career High Rebounds: 10, at Missouri Western (2/27/21) & vs. Sterling (12/14/21)
Career High Assists: 6, vs. Sterling (12/14/21)
Career High Steals: 2, five times

AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2021-22)
MIAA Academic Honor Roll … appeared in 17 games with two starts … 10 minutes a night … double double (15 points and 10 rebounds) in home win over Sterling (Kan.) College in December … went 5 of 9 from the field (3 of 6 3’s) … four o-boards as well as six assists … production came in just 26 minutes … seven points in 17 minutes in road win vs. Missouri Western

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2020-21)
MIAA Academic Honor Roll … joined Darrian Nebeker as the only Lopers to appear in all 22 games (11 starts) … 23 minutes a night … came in at 7.1 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game … shot 43% from the field … eight double digit effort including in each of the last four games of the year … went 11 of 24 from behind the arc … averaged 12.8 points during that stretch … second on UNK in 3’s made with 33 … fourth in rebounds and sixth in scoring … 16 points on 4 of 7 three-point shooting in home win vs. Fort Hays … 16 points and six rebounds in win over NCAA Tourney qualifier Missouri Western … double double (15 points & 10 rebounds) to close the year at Missouri Western … first career double double

AS A JUNIOR (2019-20)
MIAA Academic Honor Roll … took an NCAA-mandated redshirt year

PRIOR TO UNK
Spent 2018-19 at OnPoint Academy, a prep school in El Reno, Okla. … the Panthers played other prep schools, junior colleges and junior varsity teams from the NAIA ranks … went for 41 points, on eight made threes, in a loss to Eastern Oklahoma State in November … 42-point effort against the j.v. squad from NAIA Mid-American Christian (Okla.) University … attended St. Kevin’s College in his hometown of Oamaru before transferring to St. Patrick’s College in the bigger city of Wellington … helped St. Kevin’s win two New Zealand A titles, was named St. Pat’s Team MVP in 2017 and was twice named MVP of the Secondary School National Tournament