Miller leads Alabama in scoring HOURS after ex-teammate Miles is indicted on capital murder charges

Brandon Miller had 18 points and nine rebounds as No. 4 Alabama beat Mississippi State 72-49 in the SEC tournament quarterfinals on Friday, the same day his former teammate Darius Miles was indicted on felony charges. capital murder.

Miles and his friend Michael Lynn Davis have been charged with the murder of Jamea Jonae Harris on January 15 of this year.

And according to the police, it was Miller who provided the gun to Miles.

However, Miller has not been charged by authorities to date, and continues to be the star of an Alabama team that has legitimate March Madness title hopes.

Miller’s big effort on Friday, which sets up a semifinal against No. 25 Missouri on Saturday, comes about two weeks after his 41-point effort the same day he was linked to the murder charge of Miles in court.

Miller continues to play for the Crimson Tide despite being linked to the Miles murder charge.

Neither Miles nor Davis were granted bail and remain incarcerated in the Tuscaloosa County Jail.

The two are expected to have separate trials and both cases were distributed to a grand jury after a preliminary hearing on February 21.

Davis is accused of shooting Harris while he was in a vehicle, which constitutes capital murder in Alabama. Miles admitted to giving Davis the gun and also faces a capital murder charge for “aiding and abetting” Davis in the shooting.

‘We are not surprised by the accusation. We expected it all along,’ Davis’ attorney, John Robbins, told ESPN’s Elizabeth Merrill.

“We are pleased that the state has moved quickly on this matter so that we can get to court and bring this case to trial as quickly as possible before a jury.

“We are going to vigorously defend this case and defend my client’s right to protect himself when someone points a gun at him and shoots him.”

Miller is projected to be a lottery pick in this year’s NBA Draft

Court testimony details that on January 14, Miles, Davis and fellow Alabama basketball player Jaden Bradley were leaving the Twelve25 bar in downtown Tuscaloosa. Harris, his cousin Asia Humphrey and Harris’s boyfriend, Cedric Johnson, were also there.

A brief altercation ensued between Davis and Johnson when Davis began to dance next to Harris’s Jeep, at which point Miles tried to pull Davis out of the situation.

Miles later told investigators that he witnessed a gun being passed into the backseat, which Johnson later said was food.

It was after that altercation that Miles asked Alabama basketball player Brandon Miller to grab his gun. Miller arrived around 1:43 a.m., though it’s unclear if he saw Miles’ message.