Miller held scoreless in Bama’s first-round win

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.– Alabama star forward Brandon Miller, who has been dealing with a groin injury, was held scoreless for the very first time this season as the Crimson Tide beat Texas A&M Corpus Christi 96-75 throughout the preliminary of the NCAA competition on Thursday.Miller, who balanced a

team-high 19.7 points per game, played only 19 minutes and missed all 5 of his field goal attempts. He averaged 33.2 minutes per game getting in the tournament.A predicted lotto choice, Miller had five rebounds, 3 assists and three turnovers.Alabama coach Nate Oats stated Miller hurt his groin during the Crimson Tide’s win in the SEC national championship on Sunday.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated”It was great to be able to set up 96 without Brandon scoring a point,” Oats stated.” … We were attempting to play him limited

minutes. We were able

to keep him

under 20. Ideally, he can get a lot of rehab today and tomorrow and look a lot more like himself on Saturday.” Miller, for his part, downplayed the intensity of the injury. Asked if it was the factor he was on the bench for stretches of the game, he said, “If that’s what you wish to call it … we

can opt for that.” “I seem like I was just there to support my group,”he added.Miller stated the injury is “improving every day.”Asked if he expected to play against Maryland on Saturday, he responded,” Obviously.”

Texas A&M Corpus Christi coach Steve Lutz joked on Wednesday that the Islanders would need Miller to fall ill for them to stop him.”

I suggest, he was scoreless, you know, I don’t understand that you can offer our defense a lot of the credit,

“Lutz stated Thursday.”Maybe he had an off night. I truly do not know. I know that I saw him on tape and he’s truly, truly great. Um, so for us to have actually jointly gotten the job done that we did on him defensively is a feather our cap.” However I wouldn’t expect that to take place once again to be sincere with you. “Miller downplayed the severity of the threats he said he’s received since of his alleged connection to the capital murder case of former teammate Darius Miles and another male, who are charged in the deadly shooting of 23-year-old Jamea Harris on Jan. 15. During a court hearing last month, a policeman affirmed that Miles texted Miller asking him to bring Miles’ weapon in the early morning hours of the shooting. Miller has not been accused of a criminal offense and the university has explained Miller as a complying witness, not a suspect.Oats said Wednesday that an armed guard had been appointed to protect Miller since of the threats.Whether it’s social networks or e-mail, Miller said he’s received dangers “through all platforms “and that he passes them along to the university to address.”It does not bother me,”Miller said.”I send it to the right

individuals and then they handle it. “Asked how he keeps his focus, he stated simply,” I lean on my teammates.

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