| Trey Townsend | |
| Team: | Arizona Wildcats |
| Position: | Power forward / small forward |
| League: | Big 12 Conference |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 6 |
| Weight Lb: | 228 |
| Birth Date: | 30 August 2002 |
| Nationality: | American |
| High School: | Oxford (Oxford, Michigan) |
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Lawrence "Trey" Townsend (born August 30, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the Arizona Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference. He previously played for the Oakland Golden Grizzlies of the Horizon League.
Townsend attended Oxford High School in Oxford, Michigan.[1] He finished his high school career with 1,010 career points, finishing second all-time in school history, before committing to play college basketball at Oakland University.[2]
As a freshman, Townsend averaged eight points and six rebounds per game.[3] In his senior season, Townsend was named the Horizon League Player of the Year.[4] [5] On March 12, 2024, in the Horizon League championship game against Milwaukee, he scored a career-high 38 points, leading Oakland to their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2011.[6] [7] In the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Kentucky, Townsend recorded a double-double, tallying 17 points and 12 rebounds, helping lead Oakland to an 80–76 upset victory.[8] He followed that up with 30 points and 12 rebounds in Oakland's 73–79 overtime defeat in the second round against NC State.[9] Townsend was awarded the Lou Henson Award as the top mid-major player in the country after averaging 17.3 points and 8.1 rebounds per game.[10] On April 3, 2024, he entered the transfer portal.[11]
On April 24, 2024, Townsend announced his decision to transfer to the University of Arizona to play for the Arizona Wildcats.[12] [13]
Both of Townsend's parents, Skip and Nicole, played basketball at Oakland.[14]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Oakland| 30 || 30 || 30.2 || .524 || .333 || .592 || 6.1 || .8 || 1.4 || .8 || 8.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| Oakland| 31 || 31 || 36.4 || .531 || .167 || .757 || 5.6 || 1.8 || 1.4 || 1.0 || 13.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| Oakland| 32 || 32 || 36.3 || .518 || .385 || .737 || 7.6 || 1.5 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 16.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| style="text-align:left;"| Oakland| 36 || 36 || 36.4 || .455 || .375 || .779 || 8.1 || 3.1 || 1.3 || .3 || 17.3|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 129 || 129 || 34.9 || .500 || .314 || .739 || 6.9 || 1.9 || 1.3 || .8 || 14.1