Alabama's Brandon Miller scores career-high of 41 points in OT victory amid alleged ties to fatal shooting

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Alabama freshman Brandon Miller dropped a career-best of 41 points in the Crimson Tide’s thrilling overtime victory over South Carolina on Wednesday night, just hours after his lawyer clarified his ties to the deadly shooting of Jamea Harris. 

Miller’s attorney, Jim Standridge, released a statement hours before tipoff clarifying that the freshman standout "never saw the handgun" belonging to former teammate Darius Miles, who has since been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Harris near the university’s campus in January. 

Nick Pringle, #23, talks to Brandon Miller, #24, of the Alabama Crimson Tide as they walk back to the bench during a basketball game against the South Carolina Gamecocks on Feb. 22, 2023 at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina. (David Jensen/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"On January 14th, Brandon played in a basketball game in the afternoon and later was asked by Darius Miles for a ride to the Strip area to go to a nightclub," the statement read, via the Tuscaloosa Patch. 

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"Mr. Miles brought his legal handgun and left in the backseat of Brandon’s vehicle. Brandon never saw the handgun nor handled it. Further it is our understanding that the weapon was concealed under some clothing in the back seat of his car." 

The statement went on to say that instead of going inside the nightclub, Miller left to go get food. He was later contacted by Miles to pick him up and go to a different location and while he was already on the way, Miller received a text from Miles asking him