Nationality American Name Yancy Gates Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Role Basketball Player | NBA draft 2012 / Undrafted Height 2.06 m 2013 Brujos de Guayama Pro career 2012 | |
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Born October 15, 1989 (age 34)
Cincinnati, Ohio ( 1989-10-15 ) High school Withrow (Cincinnati, Ohio) 2012–2013 Pieno zvaigzdes Pasvalys College Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball Number 34 (Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball / Forward) Position Forward, Center, Power forward | ||
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Yancy Gates (born October 15, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball for the University of Cincinnati.
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- Xavier cincinatti brawl yancy gates punches kenny frease slo mo
- College career
- Professional career
- References
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College career
Gates was a highly touted recruit coming out of high school, and he committed to play college basketball for the Cincinnati Bearcats. As a junior, he was suspended for a game due to a confrontation with an assistant coach. As a senior, he was a part of the 2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl, punching Xavier center Kenny Frease. After the brawl, a tearful Gates apologized for his role in the scrum. He was suspended for six games as a result. After the suspension, Gates blossomed, scoring 23 points in an important win over Georgetown and 18 points in a huge upset over the second-ranked Syracuse. He averaged 12.4 points and just under 10 rebounds a game in leading Cincinnati to the Sweet 16 of the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
Professional career
On August 29, 2012, Gates signed with Lithuanian club Pieno žvaigždės for the 2012–13 season. On May 18, 2013, he signed with Brujos de Guayama of Puerto Rico for the rest of the 2013 BSN season.
On July 27, 2013, Gates signed with Hapoel Eilat for the 2013–14 season.
On July 31, 2014, Gates signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv for the 2014–15 season.
On September 3, 2015, Gates signed with Israeli club Hapoel Jerusalem, but left the team in pre-season. In October 2015, he signed with Shanxi Zhongyu of the Chinese Basketball Association. In December 2015, he parted ways with Shanxi after appearing in 18 games. On January 4, 2016, he signed with German club Telekom Baskets Bonn for the rest of the season. On March 6, 2016, he parted ways with Bonn after averaging 14 points and 6 rebounds per game in Beko BBL.
On July 25, 2016, Gates signed with Ironi Nahariya for the 2016–17 season.