Elijah Miller named AUS MVP as UPEI basketball teams head to finals

It's been a banner week for UPEI basketball Panther Elijah Miller. 

The third-year point guard has just been named MVP for the Atlantic University Sports (AUS) basketball league and a first team all-star. 

Miller, a 25-year-old business student from Rexdale, Ont., has also just broken a 30-year UPEI record for most assists in a single season. 

"Honestly, in the moment, I didn't know that I passed it," he said. "A couple guys on the bench told me I was breaking it and then I kind of let out a little bit of a scream, a scream of joy that I passed it. I'm very thankful."

The person who had held that record? His own head coach, Darrell Glenn. 

Glenn was a point guard for UPEI in the early 1990s, playing five years with the Panthers and establishing the record of 118 assists in the 1992-93 season. 

Last weekend, in a game against the Memorial University Sea-Hawks, Miller shattered it when he made his 120th pass in a single season. 

"It's kind of a cool thing. It's like a parent watching your son do one better than you did, and it's kind of what you want," Glenn said of the new record. 

"So I'm thrilled for him. And, you know, hopefully he's back next year and he can beat that record and continue to leave a legacy for the next generation of players to come through."

Miller and his team are in Nova Scotia this weekend chasing the AUS championship title. They finished second in the league this year, which buys them a ticket straight to the semi-finals Saturday night at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. 

Last year the men's Panthers made it all the way to the championship game, losing to Dalhousie in the end. This year, Glenn and his team have their sights set on gold.

"I'm excited," the coach said. "I'm very process-oriented