2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

Bobby Hearn
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Hudson Harkness, Drury Sports Communications
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Terry Griffin

1 Zach Howell

  • Position Guard/Forward
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 210
  • Hometown Springfield, Mo.
  • High School Springfield Catholic
  • Prev School Milwaukee

Biography

HONORS
    • CSC Academic All-District (2024-25)
    • Academic All-GLVC (2024-25)

2025-26
Howell scored all 17 of his points vs. Thomas More (Nov. 15) in the first half, adding eight rebounds and a career-high five assists in the Panthers’ 71-59 victory...tallied a game-high 21 points and handed out a career-best six assists in the Panthers’ win over Ecclesia (Nov. 19)...tallied 14 first-half points on 4-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc to lead DU to a 29-point halftime advantage in an eventual 90-62 win over Ozark Christian (Nov. 22).

2024-25
Played in all 27 games and made 26 starts...second on the team in scoring, averaging 13.2 points...ranked fifth in the GLVC in three-pointers made with 72...shot .356 from three-point range and .401 from the field...shot .712 from the free throw line (37-for-52)...averaged 4.6 rebounds...had a double-double with 21 points and 12 rebounds vs. McKendree on Jan. 16...had two games of 25 points, a season-high, on Jan. 30 vs. Upper Iowa and Dec. 7 vs. Truman State...had 21 points and 7 rebounds in his Drury debut on Nov. 8 at Thomas More.

PRIOR TO DRURY
Returned home to Springfield after playing two seasons at Wisconsin-Milwaukee...was averaged 4.2 points and was shooting .435 from three-point range after his sophomore season was cut short by an injury after 10 games...played in 29 games in his freshman season in 2021-22, and averaged 2.7 points...was part of a Milwaukee squad that won 22 games in his freshman year, and 20 last year during his sophomore year.

HIGH SCHOOL
Set the all-time scoring record at Catholic, passing former Drury Panther Jim Kutz, as he finished with 2,186 career points...Class 5 All-State selection and was the Springfield Area Player of the Year by the News-Leader following his senior year...helped Catholic to a state semifinal appearance and set the city’s single-game scoring record with a 55-point performance on Feb. 12, 2021 vs. Mount Vernon.

PERSONAL 
Son of Rich and Debbie Howell...born on July 9, 2003...majoring in integrated business at Drury.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2024-25Redshirt Sophomore

    Guard/Forward
    6'5" 200 lbs
    8
  • 1

    2025-26Redshirt Junior

    Guard/Forward
    6'5" 210 lbs
    1