Come for Bates, Stay for the Game: The Others

It was some rare rock-n-roll in EMU’s cavernous convocation center, as Ypsilanti and Lincoln entertained 4,000 in their hometown with a 67-66 Railsplitters win. The headliner and the reason that this intracity game is now a true rivalry with two straight Lincoln wins, freshman Emoni Bates, scored 25 points. He hit a pair of three-pointers…

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