It’s been reported, and even Seth Towns himself has confirmed it, but now we have the official announcement from the folks with the Ohio State basketball program. Harvard transfer Seth Towns has now officially been introduced as a Buckeye.
The announcement came Tuesday via Ohio State basketball’s official Twitter page and showed Towns worked up by the creative team in an OSU uniform. There’s also a release on the Buckeyes official athletic website.
“We are excited about the addition of Seth to our program,” Holtmann said in a statement. “Seth is skilled, versatile, has outstanding shooting ability and fits perfectly with our returning group of players. His maturity has been apparent in spending time getting to know him and how he has dealt with his injury. Seth comes from an excellent, well-coached program in Harvard. We really look forward to getting Seth to campus with his future teammates!”
Buckeye Nation, help us officially welcome @seth_towns17 to the squad‼️
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— Ohio State Hoops (@OhioStateHoops) April 14, 2020
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Seth should already feel quite at home. The 6-foot, 7-inch power forward grew up in Columbus and played for, and graduated from, Northland High School before heading off to Harvard to play for the Crimson.
He played two years at Harvard before knee injuries forced him to take the last couple of years off to get healthy. During his sophomore season, Towns was an honorable-mention All-American and Ivy League Player of the Year. He averaged 16 points and 5.7 rebounds while making 44 percent from 3-point range (63-143).
As long as he’s healthy, Towns should make a pretty big splash for Ohio State next season.
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