Brandon Miller turns clock back 25 years vs. South Carolina

The Alabama Crimson Tide walked into Wednesday evening’s sport in Columbia with some uncertainties. Will they have the ability to play as much as par amid the controversy surrounding Alabama basketball significantly due to the alleged hyperlink of Brandon Miller to a homicide case? Miller had a transparent reply to that, as he torched the South Carolina Gamecocks with an unreal efficiency that was not seen in the previous  25 years, per  OptaSTATS.

Brandon Miller tonight for Alabama:

41 factors
8 rebounds
6 threes made
3 steals
2 blocks

No different Division I participant within the final 25 years has reached all of these numbers in a single sport (freshman or not).

Brandon Miller singlehandedly saved the day for the Crimson Tide. With South Carolina in entrance and with seconds left in regulation, Miller attacked the basket to power extra time. Then he did it once more in OT, as he delivered the game-winning bucket in Alabama’s 78-76 victory. Miller was almost unstoppable within the contest, as he had his method offensively, making 14 of his 25 pictures from the sphere and draining six of 13 tries from the 3-point area. Because of his huge efficiency, he prevented Alabama not simply from sustaining a uncommon loss this season but additionally critical harm to the Crimson Tide’s aim of constructing the NCAA match in March as a No. 1 seed.

If it weren’t for Brandon Miller’s heroics, Alabama would have suffered an embarrassing highway loss to a sub-200 NET workforce, which might have compounded the troubles the Crimson Tide are having off the court docket.

Arising subsequent for Alabama is a date with the Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday at dwelling.