OCC’s Miles to Attend University of Alaska

David Miles, a former Orange Coast College basketball player who was ruled academically ineligible at Arizona State last week, will attend the University of Alaska at Anchorage, Tandy Gillis, OCC basketball coach, said Thursday.

Miles, a 6-foot 6-inch forward, played at OCC last season and averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds a game. He had accepted a scholarship at Arizona State, but passed only two of three classes this summer at OCC and was ruled ineligible.

Alaska, a Division II school, plays host to the season-opening Great Alaska Shoot-Out. The Seawolves’ first game will be against Kansas, the defending NCAA Division I champions.