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ASU’s Adam Miller ejected after reportedly slapping a Kansas State player

Feb 4, 2025, 10:55 PM

Arizona State guard Adam Miller was ejected from Tuesday night’s basketball game against Kansas State after he was assessed a flagrant 2 foul after he reportedly slapped Wildcat guard Dug McDaniel.

Miller was ejected at the 7:54 mark of the second half while Arizona State trailed 53-49.

Miller could be seen on the broadcast exchanging words with McDaniel in the corner during a Wildcats possession.

“The emotions of the game got to him and that was part of that issue,” Sun Devils head coach Bobby Hurley said after the game. “He hasn’t done anything like that in my two years with him.”

ASU managed to come back without Miller to take a one-point lead with 3:38 left. ASU went on to lose the game, 71-70, after a pair of missed free throws in the waning seconds.

“From a statistical standpoint his ejection didn’t impact us,” Hurley said. “But, I thought we played fairly well in response to Adam going. Guys had a little more urgency.”

This is the second game in a row that an ASU player has been ejected. BJ Freeman was ejected after he headbutted Arizona’s Caleb Love on Saturday. Following the altercation, Hurley opted to skip the postgame handshake with Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd and most of ASU’s players were sent away from the bench before the final buzzer went off.

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