Eugene Spates (born January 11, 1987) is an American professional basketball player. A Dallas, Texas native, Spates played collegiately with the Northeastern University Huskies in Boston, Massachusetts from 2006 to 2009. With Northeastern, Spates averaged 7.5 points in 95 career games.

In 2009, Spates signed with BC Mess of Luxembourg where he averaged 34.6 points and 13.2 rebounds per game during the 2009–10 season. On November 1, 2010, he was selected by the Maine Red Claws in the seventh round of the 2010 NBA Development League Draft. On February 14, 2011, he was traded to the Springfield Armor in exchange for Vernon Goodridge. In 52 games for Maine and Springfield in 2010–11, he averaged 7.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. He returned to the Armor for the 2011–12 season and averaged 5.4 points and 3.4 rebounds in 34 games.

Eugene Spates

In 2012, Spates joined Al-Nweidrat of the Bahraini Premier League. In 2013, he moved to Qatar where he joined Al Gharafa Doha for the 2013–14 season. He then returned to Al-Nweidrat for the 2014–15 season.

Eugene Spates

References

External links

Eurobasket.com profile

Making the most when he's getting the chance

1987 births

Living people

Al-Gharafa SC basketball players

American expatriate basketball people in Luxembourg

American expatriate basketball people in Qatar

American men's basketball players

Basketball players from Dallas

Hillcrest High School (Dallas) alumni

Junior college men's basketball players in the United States

Maine Red Claws players

Northeastern Huskies men's basketball players

Springfield Armor players

Small forwards

Eugene Spates