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Yancy Gates Yancy Gates is a current basketball player at the University of Cincinnati. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 15, 1989. He went to Withrow High School. He is currently 22 years old. While he is not on the court he is majoring in criminal justice. His height is 6 feet 9 inches and he weighs 260 pounds.

High School
In high school Yancy Gates went to Hughes Center High School for his freshman and sophomore year. His junior year he transferred to Withrow High School. In his high school career at Withrow High School his record was 40-10. His team won back to back district championships. He was the 2008 Associated Press Division 1 player of the year. Yancy also earned first-team All-Ohio accolades his final season after earning second-team status as a junior.

2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl
Yancy was involved in the 2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl between the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University. It happened at the Cintas Center which is Xavier's home court on December 11, 2011. With 18.6 seconds remaining, Terrell Holloway scored on a layup to give the Musketeers a 76-53 lead. As the players headed down the court, Holloway paused in front of the UC bench and started yelling at the Bearcat players. Holloway was yelling undermining words at the Cincinnati bench and after the game Holloway said "this is my city". UC's Ge'Lawn Gyn got in Holloway's face, and Xavier's Dezmine Wells shoved him to the ground. UC's Yancy Gates threw the ball at Holloway, and both benches emptied. In the ensuing fracas, Gates punched Xavier's Kenny Frease from behind, opening up a large cut under Frease's left eye. As Frease tried to get up from the floor, UC's Cheikh Mbodj kicked him. Gates exchanged punches with a Xavier backup, and Wells was also seen throwing punches at UC backups.

Awards
•1000 point club •2009 All-BIG EAST Rookie Team selection •named Big East rookie of the week multiple times

Reference Section
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/41872/yancy-gates http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/gates_yancy00.html http://rivals.yahoo.com/basketballrecruiting/basketball/recruiting/player-Yancy-Gates-42183 http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=8&c=1&nid=1689748 http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/player/yancy-gates/723542?q=yancy-gates http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/players/playerpage/1646140/yancy-gates