SDSU’s Miller Gets Injection for Sore Knee

Courtie Miller, the San Diego State forward who had a sore right knee worsen in the Longhorn Classic over the weekend, received a cortisone injection Sunday and will attempt to make it through another week.

Miller’s knee has been sore for a month with what SDSU trainers say is a partial tear in the lateral meniscus. Miller was particularly frustrated after SDSU’s 85-58 loss to Texas Saturday and said then that surgery was a distinct possibility.

But Miller met with Mark Haines, SDSU trainer, and Peter Wile, SDSU team doctor, Sunday night and they decided on the cortisone injection.

“It’s the more conservative approach,” Haines said. “We’re going to wait one more week and if it settles down and Courtie can play, great. If it doesn’t settle down, then we’ll have to rethink things. Surgery is the last option you want in anything.”

Miller entered the Longhorn Classic with a team-high average of 15 points a game, but scored only 14 points combined in two games in Texas.

In other injury news, Terrence Hamilton, who started at guard in each of SDSU’s first two games before breaking the big toe on his left foot, will return to practice this week.

The Aztecs’ next game is Saturday against No. 2 UCLA.