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Darius Miller now has pro basketball title to go with Sweet Sixteen, NCAA championships

Darius Miller, center, won an NCAA title as part of the University of Kentucky men's basketball team in 2012. He's the only Kentuckian to win an NCAA title, a KHSAA title and Kentucky's Mr. Basketball award.
Darius Miller, center, won an NCAA title as part of the University of Kentucky men's basketball team in 2012. He's the only Kentuckian to win an NCAA title, a KHSAA title and Kentucky's Mr. Basketball award. File photo

Darius Miller, who was part of a Sweet Sixteen championship with Mason County in 2008 and an NCAA championship with Kentucky in 2012, added another title to his résumé on Sunday.

Miller had 12 points and two assists in Brose Baskets' 88-84 win over Bayern Munich in the deciding Game 5 of the finals of the Beko BBL, the top basketball league in Germany. Miller was 3-for-4 from three-point range.

Miller, Kentucky's Mr. Basketball in 2008, averaged 12.4 points and 3.4 assists per game in the finals. He scored 21 points, tied for his season high, in Game 4.

Miller had shot well from three-point range ever since he joined the team, and the championship series was no exception. He was 13-for-23 (56.5 percent) in the finals and 33-for-64 overall (51.6 percent).

Miller previously spent parts of three NBA seasons with New Orleans. He averaged 3.1 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 102 games from 2012 to 2014.

This story was originally published June 21, 2015 at 1:56 PM with the headline "Darius Miller now has pro basketball title to go with Sweet Sixteen, NCAA championships."

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