FAYETTEVILLE — Four-star power forward Immanuel Bates committed to play his college basketball at N.C. State on Friday.
Bates announced he was joining the Wolfpack on Friday morning at Northwood Temple Academy’s gymnasium in Fayetteville.
Bates, a 6-foot-9, 195-pound power forward, visited N.C. State last weekend and Georgetown the week prior.
Ranked No. 98 overall and No. 7 in the state, according to 247sports’ composite rankings, Bates is the first big man that N.C. State coach Kevin Keatts has landed for the 2018-19 season. The Wolfpack will likely lose three of its post players next season to graduation or the NBA draft.
Bates is currently the only Class of 2018 recruit who has committed to the Wolfpack. Jamie Lewis, a three-star point guard, decommitted last week.
Keatts and his staff have been able to secure a pair of transfers in guards C.J. Bryce from UNCW and Devon Daniels from Utah for the 2018-19 season.
