No Way, Oweh! Guard Leads Cats Past Sooners in SEC Tournament

In the regular-season matchup between Kentucky and Oklahoma, Otega Oweh had a huge game, including the game-winning shot, as the Cats beat the Sooners, Oweh’s former team, in Norman. On Thursday night in the second round of the 2025 Southeastern Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Oweh did it again.

With less than six seconds remaining and Kentucky trailing 84- 83, Oweh took an inbounds pass in the backcourt, drove to the right baseline and scored with his left hand with 0.5 seconds left, lifting the Cats to an 85-84 win.

Oweh had 27 points in the game, one short of his scoring output in the regular season matchup, to lead Kentucky. The Cats got 22 points from Koby Brea and 11 from Andrew Carr, and UK survived an injury to starting point guard Lamont Butler in the victory.

Some additional notes from the game:

• Tonight’s win gives Kentucky its first three-game win streak of the season vs. SEC opponents. • Kentucky shot 51.7 percent from the field, 31 of 60. The Wildcats are 15-1 this season when making at least 50 percent of their shots. • Kentucky won the rebounding, 36-28. The Wildcats are 15-4 this season when outrebounding the opponent. • With Otega Oweh reaching 1,000 career points tonight, he is the eighth current Wildcat to eclipse the millennium mark in his career – also Ansley Almonor, Koby Brea, Lamont Butler, Andrew Carr, Kerr Kriisa, Jaxson Robinson and Amari Williams.

• Kentucky is the only team in the country with eight 1,000- point scorers on the roster.