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Ohio State basketball player Seth Towns detained by police during protests

Towns joined the Ohio State program this offseason as a grad transfer with two years of eligibility remaining.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State basketball player Seth Towns was briefly detained by police during a downtown protest Friday night.

Towns was never arrested.

Towns released a statement on social media saying, “In a span of just 24 hours, I walked across a Harvard virtual graduation stage into the back of police van alongside other peaceful protestors—both of which I am equally proud of.”


Towns has a great interest in social issues, graduating from Harvard with a degree in sociology.

He joined the Ohio State program this offseason as a grad transfer with two years of eligibility remaining.

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