Alabama plays on the road Wednesday night at South Carolina in Columbia’s Colonial Life Arena.

Star freshman Brandon Miller will play in the 8 p.m. CT tip off, the school said in an afternoon statement, after a court hearing Tuesday revealed his contact with Darius Miles the night of Jamea Harris’ killing. Miller is not facing charges and remains a witness and not a suspect, the school said.

Alabama (23-4, 13-1 in SEC) is ranked No. 2 in both the Associated Press and coaches polls, and sits a half-game ahead of Texas A&M (13-2) in the conference standings. The Gamecocks (10-17, 3-11 in SEC) are the lowest-ranked SEC team in the NCAA’s NET rankings at No. 243.

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PREGAME

— Oats during his pregame CTSN interview: “If they’re playing their best game, and we’re playing our worst game, they’re better than us. We can’t afford to be doing that at this stage of the year. We’ve got to be a lot more consistent. If we’re both playing our best games, we’re the better team. So we need to be playing our best game. That will take care of any issues on that end. We need to be focused on what we need to do tonight. We need to come out with a bunch of energy. … They’ve been a poor defensive team. I think we can make them pay for that. We’ve got a good offensive team.”

— The Crimson Tide Sports Network broadcast of Alabama’s game read the school’s statement about Miller at the beginning of its pregame show and said that would be the only mention of it. Nate Oats was not asked about Miller and did not mention him during his pregame interview.

Mike Rodak is an Alabama beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mikerodak.