Chris Miller is following in Korey Billbury's footsteps.
Miller, a 6-foot-7, 247-pound senior at Booker T. Washington, verbally committed to ORU on Saturday night. He'll join Billbury, another Hornet alum, on the roster.
"Billbury told me he just loved ORU and it would be a good fit for me," Miller said.
During his junior season at Booker T. Washington, Miller averaged 12.4 points and 13 rebounds a game. He also added 3.1 blocks per game.
"I'm very excited to play for ORU next year because it felt like a family," said Miller, who was also fielding interest from Arkansas, Georgia, Arizona State and Eastern Illinios.
Miller is the second Tulsa-based player to commit to ORU. Victory Christian's Chris Crawford also plans on signing with the Golden Eagles. Dallas Kimball's Kristopher Martin is another verbal commit for the Golden Eagles.
As for being able to play Division I basketball in his hometown, Miller said: "It would be very special for me because that was a goal and a dream. I guess it became a reality."
Verbal commitments are non-binding. Basketball players are eligible to sign letters of intent once the early signing period begins on Wednesday.
- ORU protects the ball again: The Golden Eagles only turned the ball over nine times in an exhibition win over East Central. They followed that up with only handing the ball over 10 times in a 73-60 win over Rogers State on Saturday.
"He always asks us to have more assists than turnovers," ORU guard Korey Billbury said of head coach Scott Sutton.
Fellow guard Obi Emegano had another way to look at the Golden Eagles' ball control.
"I think there are pros and cons to our turnover numbers," Emegano said. "I think at this point we're a little timid, which could lead to some low turnover numbers."
Preseason wrap-up: With two come-from-behind wins in the exhibition play in the books, how does Sutton view ORU's performances prior to the regular season starting up?
"I think it shows you where we are," Sutton said. "It shows what we need to work on."
Sutton did admit, though, that his club tried to play vanilla, thus not to reveal much on game tape with Tulsa looming next weekend.
Eagles next flight: ORU will be back at home Saturday night when it hosts Tulsa in a clash for the Mayor's Cup.
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