Seth Towns announced on Twitter that he will play Howard University for his eighth year of college basketball.
The forward began his college career at Harvard in 2016, played two seasons for the Crimson, averaging 14.2 points and 5.0 rebounds and earning the 2017–18 Ivy League Player of the Year. However, Towns battled knee injuries the rest of the season, missing the entirety of the next two seasons.
Before the 2020-21 season, the cities were moved to State of Ohio and he played 25 games for the Buckeyes that year. The native of Columbus, Ohio averaged just 3.8 points and 2.2 rebounds in 10.8 minutes a game for the Ohio State team that got No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament.
Towns was eligible to play the following year, but missed it with a back injury. He left the game before last season because of all his injury issues.
However, with one year of eligibility remaining, Towns will return to the court for Howard this year, his eighth at the collegiate level.
The Mecca. Very blessed pic.twitter.com/vNkDpYkWnZ
– Seth Towns (@219setty) May 19, 2023
“I think I changed my relationship with basketball,” Towns told Adam Jardy The Columbus Dispatch. “It’s healthier now. I’m not saying I put my whole being into basketball, but man, it’s hard, because that’s the one professional dream I’ve had. Everything else is kind of subsidiary to that. Now, I think I freed myself from the need to play at any level.
Towns will be 26 years old for most of the 2023-24 season, one of the oldest players in college basketball. He joined a Howard team that went 22-13 last season, earning an NCAA tournament appearance for the first time since 1992.
