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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

John Byrum
John Byrum
John Byrum
John Byrum

11 Sigurd Lorange

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 185
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Trondheim, Norway
  • High School Metis Videregaende Skole
  • Instagram sigurdlorange

Biography

Honors: Conference Carolinas Defensive Player of the Week (1/3/22), Converse Athlete of the Month

2024-25 (RS Senior): Appeared in 23 games and made 4 starts for Converse...averaged 11.6 minutes per game, shot 38.3 percent from the field, 35.6 percent from three-point range, and 73.9 percent from the free-throw line...Tallied 115 points, 23 rebounds, 30 assists, and 7 steals...Scored a season high 22 points against Lees-McRae (12/14/24).   

2023-24 (Medical Redshirt):
 Medical Redshirt Season, did not appear in any games. 

2022-23 (RS Junior):
In an injury shortened season, appeared in 11 games and made 8 starts...averaged 21.8 minutes per game, posted a .481 field goal percentage, .492 three-point percentage and a .762 free-throw percentage...Finished third on the team with 10.9 points per game, tallied 16 total rebounds, 21 assists and five steals. 

2021-22 (RS Sophomore): Played in 21 games and started 20 games for the Valkyries this season...averaged 31.4 minutes per game, posted a .409 field goal percentage, .359 three-point percentage and led the team with a .813 free throw percentage...Led the team in points per game (14.8) and finished second on the team in total points (310), assists (83) and steals (28)...Hauled in 62 rebounds and notched a single block on the season...Led the team with 52 three-pointers made and holds the school record for made three-pointers in a game (7, at NGU 1/25/22)...Posted a double-double against Francis Marion (1/22/22) and is tied for the school record for points in a game (28, UMO 11/30/21)...Holds the school record for consecutive double-digit scoring games (9, 12/20/21-2/5/22)...Led the team in scoring 12 times, Led or tied for the team lead in assists 13 times, and led or tied for the team in steals 10 times.

2020-21 (Sophomore): Appeared in eight games during a covid shortened season...Averaged 2.0 points per game and shot 30 percent from the field...Had a season high six points against Purdue Northwest (12/17).

2019-20 (Freshman): Appeared in nine games before having his rookie season cut short by a hip injury… Averaged 2.9 points per contest while shooting a robust 60 percent (6-of-10) from 3-point land in limited action… Made his collegiate debut on Nov. 9 at Saint Louis... Scored his first collegiate basket on Nov. 12 at SIUE, a 3-pointer at the buzzer to end the first half... Set season highs in points (11) and assists (four) while knocking down four of his six shots and canning three 3s on Nov. 27 vs. Trinity Christian.

Prep: Played for Gimle Basketball in the BLNO, Norway’s top professional basketball league… Helped lead Gimle to a league runner-up finish, averaging nearly 20 points and better than four assists per game… Represented Norway internationally three straight years, playing at the 2016 U16 European Championships and the 2017 and 2018 U18 European Championships… Averaged 17.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game for Norway at the U18s in 2018... Was quickly recognized as one of the best players in Norway from a young age... Was able to compete for youth championships starting at age 15.

Personal: Majoring in sport management... Played all kinds of sports as a child. His best three sports were soccer, handball and basketball. There were phases of his life where he wanted to pursue soccer or handball, but eventually figured out that basketball was the most fun sport for him. 

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Historical Player Information

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    2021-22Redshirt Sophomore

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    2022-23Redshirt Junior

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    2023-24Redshirt Senior

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    2024-25Graduate Student

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