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Bowling Green State University Athletics
2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 14
Sam Towns
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Ohio
- High School:
- Pickerington Central
- Prev School:
- Ohio
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Bowling Green |
2025-26 | Senior
- One of two Falcons to start all 32 games for the Falcons, averaging 32.0 minutes per gameÂ
- Averaged 11.9 points per game shooting 42.8-percent from the fieldÂ
- Led the Falcons in total rebounds (180) and rebounds per game averaging 7.3, sixth in the Mid-American ConferenceÂ
- Snagged a career-high 18 rebounds against both VMI (Nov. 26) and Eastern Michigan (March 6), two of three games with double-digit rebounds
- Recorded a team-high four double-doubles
- Set a career-high in total points with 381, second on the team
- Logged four 20-point games over the course of the season, including a career-high 27 against Kansas State (Dec. 1)
- Tallied 18 games with double-digit points, third on the team
- Swiped a career-high 37 steals on the season for an average of 1.2 steals per game, third on the team
- Led the team in rebounding a team-high 14 times, scoring five times and assists once with a career-high seven against UMass (Feb. 28)
2024-25 | Senior
- Appeared in and started six games for the Falcons before having his season cut short due to injury
- Posted two double-digit rebounding games, including a season-high 11 against Davidson (Nov. 8)
- Totaled 42 rebounds, averaging 7.0 per game
- Led the Falcons in rebounding three times over the course of the season
- Average 6.3 points per game, including a season-high 16 against Niagara (Nov. 19)
- Swatted nine blocks in his six games of action, including a season-high four against Davidson (Nov. 8)
2023-24 | Junior
- Played in 19 games for the Falcons with four starts, averaging over 21 minutes per game
- Recorded a season-high 11 points against Ball State in the regular season finale (March 8), one of three double-digit scoring games for him on the season
- Registered a career-high 11 rebounds twice during the season (Dec. 2 at Southern Indiana; Feb. 20 at Central Michigan)
- Led the team in rebounding three times with BGSU going 3-0 in those games
- Finished the season with 15 assists, a career-high for a single season
- Missed most of December and January due to an injury
2022-23 | Sophomore
- Played in 27 games for the Orange and Brown with 20 starts.Â
- Recorded double-digit points five times over the course of the season, including a career-high 19 points against Fairmont State (Dec. 19).
- Tallied two double-doubles for the Falcons, registering 11 points and 10 rebounds against Ohio Dominican (Dec. 29) and 10 points and 10 rebounds against Ohio (Jan. 7).
- Averaging 18.9 minutes per game, totaling 509 over the course of the season.
- Concluded the season with a team-best 55.7% from the field.
- Led the Falcons in rebounds three times.
- Finished the season fourth on the team in rebounds with 120 and second in blocks with 20.
- Set career-highs for points (166), rebounds (120), blocks (20) and assists (13).
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Ohio |
Athens, Ohio |
- Came to BGSU after two seasons at Ohio University
- Played 27 games with two starts in 2021-22, averaged 10.3 minutes per game totally 56 points and 68 rebounds over the season
High School/Prep |
- Played his senior year at Pickerington Central where he led the Tigers to a 2019 OHSAA District title and the Ohio Capital Conference title
- Played at Winchendon Prep School where he was named First-Team All-NEPSAC after averaging 22 points and 10 rebounds per game
- Played at Springfield High School, winning two OHSAA District titles
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Saturday, February 28
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Wednesday, February 25
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