Eugene Spates

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Eugene Spates

| image =

| caption =

| position = Small forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 235

| league =

| team =

| number = 24

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|1|11}}

| birth_place = Dallas, Texas

| highschool = Hillcrest (Dallas, Texas)

| college =

• Collin College (2005–2006)
• Northeastern (2006–2009)

| draft_year = 2009

| career_start = 2009

| career_end = 2015

| years1 = 2009–2010

| team1 = BC Mess

| years2 = 2010–2011

| team2 = Maine Red Claws

| years3 = 2011–2012

| team3 = Springfield Armor

| years4 = 2012–2013

| team4 = Al-Nweidrat

| years5 = 2013–2014

| team5 = Al Gharafa Doha

| years6 = 2014–2015

| team6 = Al-Nweidrat

| highlights =

• Qatari League champion (2014)
• Qatari Emir Cup champion (2014)

}}

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.[http://www.gonu.com/news/2010/11/2/MBB_1102104713.aspx Spates, Ojougboh selected in 2010 NBA D-League draft] 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.[http://www.nba.com/dleague/maine/transactions_021411.html RED CLAWS ACQUIRE GOODRIDGE FROM SPRINGFIELD] 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.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/dleague/players/s/spateeu01d.html Eugene Spates D-League Stats]

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.