![]() Bates was named Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year and MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year. ![]() He finished the season averaging 28.5 points and 10.2 rebounds per game, helping his team to a 23–4 record. Nine days later, Bates guided Lincoln to its first MHSAA Division 1 state title after scoring 23 points in a 64–62 win over top-seeded University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy. On March 7, he led all scorers with 36 points and made the game-winning shot in an 81–79 victory over Detroit Catholic Central High School, as Lincoln claimed its first regional championship. On February 18, he posted 36 points and 19 rebounds in a 73–65 win over Jackson High School to capture the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Southeastern Conference White division title. Bates, on February 5, was ejected and suspended one game for his role in an altercation during a game versus Dexter High School. On January 18, 2019, he scored a then career-high 43 points, shooting 13-of-27 from the field, in a 68–56 victory over Ypsilanti Community High School. On November 26, 2018, Bates made his freshman season debut, recording 32 points and 15 rebounds in an 80–69 win over Ann Arbor Huron at the Ypsilanti Tip-Off Classic. High school career Freshman season īates with Bates Fundamentals at the Nike EYBL in May 2019īates enrolled at Lincoln High School in Ypsilanti, Michigan, being drawn there because the head basketball coach, Jesse Davis, was a longtime teammate and friend of Bates' father. ![]() In the summer of 2018, Bates averaged 17 points per game facing older competition at the under-15 division of the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL), a notable summer circuit. He averaged 46 points per game in seventh grade and sat out his eighth grade season to train individually. Bates played basketball for Clague Middle School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where as a seventh-grader, he was rated the number one player in the 2022 class by recruiting website Future150. He grew from 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) to 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) from sixth to seventh grade. īates first surfaced on the national radar in early 2016, after averaging 28 points and 12 rebounds per game for the Toledo Wildcats AAU team at a tournament in Chicago. Bates also played soccer while in elementary school. ![]() In fourth grade, he played against high school seniors at a rec league in Saline, Michigan and started competing on the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) circuit. In his childhood, Bates trained for basketball with his father, a former professional player, by shooting around and improving his agility through various drills. He began playing basketball from age three, often sleeping with a miniature basketball under his arm and dribbling around his house. He transferred to his hometown team Eastern Michigan for his sophomore season.īates was born in the University of Michigan hospital in Ann Arbor. A former Michigan State commit, he opted to graduate early from high school and start his college career at Memphis.Īs a freshman at Memphis, Bates missed time with injuries and fell sharply in NBA draft projections after not meeting expectations. For his junior season, Bates transferred to Ypsi Prep Academy, a new school created by his father. He led Lincoln to a state championship as a freshman and became the first sophomore to win the Gatorade National Player of the Year boys' award. In his first two years of high school, Bates played basketball for Lincoln High School in his hometown of Ypsilanti, Michigan, where he was heavily touted by the national media and rated as the top recruit in his class. He previously played for the Memphis Tigers. Gatorade National Player of the Year (2020)Įmoni James-Wayne Bates (born January 28, 2004) is an American college basketball player for the Eastern Michigan Eagles of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
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