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Emoni Bates out as Ypsi Prep plays SPIRE Institute, Maryland basketball recruit

UPDATE: Emoni Bates is not playing Friday night. The game will begin at 8 p.m.

Ypsilanti Prep Academy is back in action Friday night against a team familiar to some Michigan high school basketball followers.

You can watch Ypsi Prep face SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, at 7:30 p.m. Friday by paying $10 at SUVtv.com. SUVtv, which has previously worked with the Atlanta Hawks and several amateur hoops events, has a deal with Ypsi Prep to broadcast its games this season.

Emoni Bates, the No. 1 junior in the country and a five-star Michigan State basketball commit, will not play Friday due to injury but the team could not confirm further details.