Lawrence Frank Townsend III (born August 30, 2002) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Saskatoon Mamba in the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). He played college basketball for the Oakland Golden Grizzlies and Arizona Wildcats.
High school career Townsend attended Oxford High School in Oxford, Michigan. 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.
College career As a freshman, Townsend averaged eight points and six rebounds per game. In his senior season, Townsend was named the Horizon League Player of the Year. 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. 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. He followed that up with 30 points and 12 rebounds in Oakland's 73–79 overtime defeat in the second round against NC State. 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. On April 3, 2024, he entered the transfer portal.
On April 24, 2024, Townsend announced his decision to transfer to the University of Arizona to play for the Arizona Wildcats.
CEBL Career On April 20, 2026 Townsend signed with the Saskatoon Mamba of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). Townsend played in all 24 regular season games in 2026 and shot a league leading 46.9% from 3 point range (minimum of 60 attempts), which also put him 4th in the CEBL's career highest all time 3pt % for regular season games.
Personal life Both of Townsend's parents, Skip and Nicole, played basketball at Oakland.
Career statistics
College
| 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
See also List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds
References
External links Oakland Golden Grizzlies bio Arizona Wildcats bio