Update: Tickets for the Battle Basketball Showcase have sold out.
For the second time this season, Emoni Bates, the nation s top-ranked junior basketball player, will face another No. 1 prospect.
Bates, a five-star Michigan State basketball commit, and Ypsilanti Prep Academy play Mikey Williams, a five-star sophomore with dozens of Division I offers, and Lake Norman (North Carolina) on Saturday in a clash between two of the best young scorers in the country. The matchup is part of the latest Battle Basketball Showcase, a two-game event scheduled for Saturday at Bob Jones University in South Carolina.
Williams is ranked the No. 1 combo guard in his class by both ESPN and 247Sports. His Lake Norman team had a seven-game winning streak snapped with its loss in conference play Tuesday to United Faith Christian. The Storm changed coaches after 8-2 start and have been led since mid-January by Patrick McCarthy on an interim basis.
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