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Otega Oweh scores last shot again as No. 15 Kentucky sends Oklahoma home from 1st SEC Tourney

AP
Mar 14, 2025

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Otega Oweh made a baseline jumper with 0.5 seconds left after No. 15 Kentucky had blown a late lead in the final minutes, and the Wildcats beat Oklahoma 85-84 on Thursday night to advance to the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals.

The sixth-seeded Wildcats (22-10), who led by 10 with 1:20 left, won their third straight and now will play fifth-ranked and third-seeded Alabama on Friday night.

Oweh finished with 27 points. Koby Brea added 22 and Andrew Carr 11.

No. 14 seed Oklahoma (20-13) won its SEC Tournament debut only to lose to a former Sooner for the second time since Feb. 26. Oweh led Kentucky against his old school with another late bucket.

Jeremiah Fears scored 28 points for Oklahoma, including a basket that gave the Sooners an 84-83 lead with 5.6 seconds remaining.

Oklahoma: The Sooners will have to wait for their first win against Kentucky after dropping their second this season and fifth all-time to the Wildcats. They also lost for the first time on a neutral court this season in their seventh such game.

Kentucky: Winners of this tournament a league-high 31 times, this was just the second time the Wildcats had played in the second round. Now the Wildcats keep chasing their first title here since 2018.

They did it with starting guard Lamont Butler playing only eight minutes, leaving at 9:35 of the first half with a right shoulder issue seconds after finishing a fast-break with a layup for his only points.

Fears scored seven straight points capped by his layup to give the Sooners their first lead since 15:51. They trailed by as much as 77-65 with 4:31 left.

The Sooners couldn't stop Oweh again when it mattered most.

Oklahoma heads home 1-1 in its SEC Tournament debut waiting for its NCAA Tournament destination. Kentucky gets a third chance at Alabama, which took both games during the regular season.

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1st Half
OKLA
Sooners
38
UK
Wildcats
40

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Mohamed Wague vs. Amari Williams (Jeremiah Fears gains possession)
19:30		Jeremiah Fears misses three point pullup bank jump shot
19:28		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
19:16	+2	Koby Brea makes two point driving layup	0-2
18:52		Jalon Moore misses two point driving layup
18:50		Lamont Butler defensive rebound
18:45	+3	Otega Oweh makes three point jump shot (Lamont Butler assists)	0-5
18:15		Mohamed Wague turnover (lost ball) (Amari Williams steals)
18:07	+3	Andrew Carr makes three point jump shot (Otega Oweh assists)	0-8
18:05		Sooners 30 second timeout
17:55	+2	Mohamed Wague makes two point layup (Jeremiah Fears assists)	2-8
17:55		Amari Williams shooting foul (Mohamed Wague draws the foul)
17:55	+1	Mohamed Wague makes regular free throw 1 of 1	3-8
17:34	+2	Koby Brea makes two point driving floating jump shot	3-10
17:17		Mohamed Wague turnover (out of bounds)
17:04	+2	Amari Williams makes two point cutting layup (Lamont Butler assists)	3-12
16:50	+2	Jeremiah Fears makes two point running layup	5-12
16:42		Jeremiah Fears personal foul (Lamont Butler draws the foul)
16:39		Otega Oweh misses three point jump shot
16:37		Jalon Moore defensive rebound
16:27		Otega Oweh personal foul (Jeremiah Fears draws the foul)
16:12	+2	Kobe Elvis makes two point turnaround hook shot	7-12
15:47		Andrew Carr misses three point jump shot
15:45		Kobe Elvis defensive rebound
15:31		Andrew Carr blocks Jalon Moore's two point running layup
15:29		Collin Chandler defensive rebound
15:18		Koby Brea turnover (out of bounds)
15:18		TV timeout
15:09		Jalon Moore misses three point jump shot
15:07		Wildcats defensive rebound
15:00		Luke Northweather blocks Collin Chandler's two point driving layup
14:58		Duke Miles defensive rebound
14:41		Kobe Elvis turnover (bad pass) (Andrew Carr steals)
14:35		Koby Brea turnover (bad pass) (Duke Miles steals)
14:31		Koby Brea shooting foul (Duke Miles draws the foul)
14:31	+1	Duke Miles makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-12
14:31	+1	Duke Miles makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-12
14:11	+2	Andrew Carr makes two point dunk (Lamont Butler assists)	9-14
14:03		Jeremiah Fears misses three point stepback jump shot
14:01		Otega Oweh defensive rebound
13:55	+3	Koby Brea makes three point jump shot (Otega Oweh assists)	9-17
13:31	+2	Glenn Taylor Jr. makes two point driving layup	11-17
13:10		Mohamed Wague personal foul (Brandon Garrison draws the foul)
12:50		Amari Williams misses three point stepback jump shot
12:49		Wildcats offensive rebound
12:49		Wildcats turnover (shot clock violation)
12:33		Jeremiah Fears misses three point jump shot
12:31		Amari Williams defensive rebound
12:20		Lamont Butler misses two point cutting layup
12:18		Duke Miles defensive rebound
12:07		Jeremiah Fears misses three point jump shot
12:05		Trent Noah defensive rebound
12:05		Mohamed Wague personal foul (Trent Noah draws the foul)
11:55	+2	Trent Noah makes two point cutting layup (Amari Williams assists)	11-19
11:46	+3	Luke Northweather makes three point jump shot (Dayton Forsythe assists)	14-19
11:31		Travis Perry misses three point jump shot
11:29		Trent Noah offensive rebound
11:18		Luke Northweather shooting foul (Amari Williams draws the foul)
11:18		TV timeout
11:18		Amari Williams misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:18		Amari Williams misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:18		Glenn Taylor Jr. defensive rebound
11:05		Jeremiah Fears misses three point jump shot
11:02		Sooners offensive rebound
11:02		Ansley Almonor personal foul
10:43		Jeremiah Fears misses three point running jump shot
10:41		Trent Noah defensive rebound
10:40		Jalon Moore personal foul (Trent Noah draws the foul)
10:24		Duke Miles personal foul (Lamont Butler draws the foul)
10:08		Otega Oweh turnover (bad pass) (Jeremiah Fears steals)
10:00	+3	Glenn Taylor Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jalon Moore assists)	17-19
9:50	+2	Lamont Butler makes two point driving reverse layup	17-21
9:35		Lamont Butler shooting foul (Jeremiah Fears draws the foul)
9:35	+1	Jeremiah Fears makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-21
9:35		Jeremiah Fears misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:35		Otega Oweh defensive rebound
9:21		Glenn Taylor Jr. personal foul (Andrew Carr draws the foul)
9:21		Andrew Carr misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:21		Jalon Moore defensive rebound
9:06		Luke Northweather misses three point jump shot
9:04		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
8:43	+2	Andrew Carr makes two point jump shot (Brandon Garrison assists)	18-23
8:17		Jeremiah Fears misses two point layup
8:15		Brandon Garrison defensive rebound
8:08	+2	Koby Brea makes two point cutting dunk (Travis Perry assists)	18-25
7:51		Travis Perry shooting foul (Kobe Elvis draws the foul)
7:51		TV timeout
7:51		Kobe Elvis misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:51	+1	Kobe Elvis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-25
7:38		Collin Chandler misses three point stepback jump shot
7:36		Jeremiah Fears defensive rebound
7:08	+2	Jeremiah Fears makes two point driving layup	21-25
6:37		Travis Perry misses three point jump shot
6:35		Jalon Moore defensive rebound
6:16	+2	Jalon Moore makes two point driving layup	23-25
5:56		Koby Brea misses three point stepback jump shot
5:54		Jalon Moore defensive rebound
5:31	+3	Kobe Elvis makes three point stepback jump shot	26-25
5:23		Andrew Carr misses three point jump shot
5:21		Kobe Elvis defensive rebound
5:07		Kobe Elvis misses two point driving floating jump shot
5:05		Amari Williams defensive rebound
4:57		Trent Noah misses three point jump shot
4:55		Jeremiah Fears defensive rebound
4:47	+2	Jeremiah Fears makes two point driving finger roll layup	28-25
4:41		Wildcats 30 second timeout
4:37		Amari Williams misses two point driving layup
4:35		Brycen Goodine defensive rebound
4:25		Kobe Elvis misses three point pullup jump shot
4:23		Trent Noah defensive rebound
4:11	+2	Otega Oweh makes two point driving layup	28-27
4:11		Brycen Goodine shooting foul (Otega Oweh draws the foul)
4:11	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 1 of 1	28-28
3:53		Brycen Goodine misses three point jump shot
3:51		Trent Noah defensive rebound
3:35		Brycen Goodine shooting foul (Otega Oweh draws the foul)
3:35		TV timeout
3:35	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-29
3:35		Otega Oweh misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:35		Glenn Taylor Jr. defensive rebound
3:19		Jeremiah Fears turnover (lost ball) (Brandon Garrison steals)
3:14		Otega Oweh misses two point driving layup
3:12		Trent Noah offensive rebound
3:12	+2	Trent Noah makes two point tip layup	28-31
3:00		Duke Miles turnover (lost ball) (Otega Oweh steals)
2:58		Duke Miles personal foul (Otega Oweh draws the foul)
2:58	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-32
2:58	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-33
2:38	+3	Jeremiah Fears makes three point jump shot (Glenn Taylor Jr. assists)	31-33
2:19		Koby Brea misses three point jump shot
2:17		Jeremiah Fears defensive rebound
1:55		Collin Chandler shooting foul (Glenn Taylor Jr. draws the foul)
1:55		Glenn Taylor Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:55	+1	Glenn Taylor Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-33
1:42		Collin Chandler misses two point pullup jump shot
1:40		Glenn Taylor Jr. defensive rebound
1:28	+2	Kobe Elvis makes two point turnaround jump shot (Jeremiah Fears assists)	34-33
1:21		Kobe Elvis personal foul (Otega Oweh draws the foul)
1:21	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-34
1:21	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-35
1:11	+2	Jeremiah Fears makes two point stepback jump shot	36-35
0:58		Collin Chandler misses three point jump shot
0:56		Otega Oweh offensive rebound
0:52	+3	Koby Brea makes three point stepback jump shot (Otega Oweh assists)	36-38
0:42		Otega Oweh personal foul (Kobe Elvis draws the foul)
0:42	+1	Kobe Elvis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-38
0:42	+1	Kobe Elvis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-38
0:24	+2	Amari Williams makes two point cutting dunk (Andrew Carr assists)	38-40
0:01		Andrew Carr blocks Jeremiah Fears's three point stepback jump shot
0:00		Amari Williams defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
OKLA
Sooners
46
UK
Wildcats
45

Time		Play	Score
19:45		Otega Oweh misses two point pullup jump shot
19:43		Mohamed Wague defensive rebound
19:16		Jalon Moore misses two point driving layup
19:14		Collin Chandler defensive rebound
19:02		Andrew Carr misses three point jump shot
19:00		Brycen Goodine defensive rebound
18:52		Duke Miles misses two point pullup jump shot
18:50		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
18:43		Otega Oweh misses two point layup
18:41		Jalon Moore defensive rebound
18:35	+2	Mohamed Wague makes two point turnaround bank jump shot (Jeremiah Fears assists)	40-40
18:20		Andrew Carr misses three point jump shot
18:18		Jeremiah Fears defensive rebound
18:11		Jalon Moore misses two point driving layup
18:09		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
18:01		Duke Miles personal foul (Otega Oweh draws the foul)
17:51	+3	Collin Chandler makes three point jump shot (Koby Brea assists)	40-43
17:28		Collin Chandler personal foul (Jeremiah Fears draws the foul)
17:19	+2	Jeremiah Fears makes two point driving floating jump shot (Kobe Elvis assists)	42-43
17:00	+2	Koby Brea makes two point pullup jump shot	42-45
16:49		Jeremiah Fears misses three point jump shot
16:47		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
16:35		Collin Chandler misses three point jump shot
16:33		Jalon Moore defensive rebound
16:27	+2	Jeremiah Fears makes two point layup (Jalon Moore assists)	44-45
16:03		Otega Oweh misses two point driving floating jump shot
16:01		Jalon Moore defensive rebound
15:56		Jalon Moore misses two point driving layup
15:54		Mohamed Wague offensive rebound
15:52	+2	Mohamed Wague makes two point putback layup	46-45
15:38		TV timeout
15:21		Wildcats turnover (shot clock violation)
15:14		Kobe Elvis misses two point pullup jump shot
15:12		Koby Brea defensive rebound
15:00	+3	Koby Brea makes three point pullup jump shot	46-48
14:35	+2	Jalon Moore makes two point driving layup	48-48
14:21	+2	Ansley Almonor makes two point jump shot (Trent Noah assists)	48-50
14:05		Trent Noah personal foul (Kobe Elvis draws the foul)
13:55		Kobe Elvis misses three point stepback jump shot
13:53		Koby Brea defensive rebound
13:45	+2	Otega Oweh makes two point driving layup	48-52
13:33		Jeremiah Fears misses three point stepback jump shot
13:31		Brandon Garrison defensive rebound
13:09		Brandon Garrison misses two point driving floating bank jump shot
13:07		Ansley Almonor offensive rebound
13:07	+2	Ansley Almonor makes two point tip layup	48-54
13:03		Sooners 30 second timeout
13:03		TV timeout
12:36	+2	Dayton Forsythe makes two point driving layup	50-54
12:21		Koby Brea misses two point driving floating jump shot
12:19		Mohamed Wague defensive rebound
12:08		Dayton Forsythe turnover (bad pass) (Otega Oweh steals)
12:04	+2	Otega Oweh makes two point driving dunk	50-56
11:44	+2	Dayton Forsythe makes two point pullup jump shot	52-56
11:21	+2	Brandon Garrison makes two point cutting layup (Koby Brea assists)	52-58
11:21		Brycen Goodine shooting foul (Brandon Garrison draws the foul)
11:21		TV timeout
11:21	+1	Brandon Garrison makes regular free throw 1 of 1	52-59
11:07	+3	Glenn Taylor Jr. makes three point jump shot (Kobe Elvis assists)	55-59
10:50		Koby Brea misses three point stepback jump shot
10:48		Kobe Elvis defensive rebound
10:25	+2	Dayton Forsythe makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot	57-59
9:58		Trent Noah turnover (lost ball)
9:35		Jalon Moore misses two point turnaround hook shot
9:33		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
9:15		Mohamed Wague shooting foul (Andrew Carr draws the foul)
9:15	+1	Andrew Carr makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-60
9:15		Andrew Carr misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:15		Mohamed Wague defensive rebound
8:59		Mohamed Wague turnover (bad pass) (Otega Oweh steals)
8:52		Mohamed Wague blocks Collin Chandler's two point driving reverse layup
8:51		Wildcats offensive rebound
8:41	+2	Andrew Carr makes two point turnaround jump shot (Amari Williams assists)	57-62
8:22		Collin Chandler shooting foul (Jeremiah Fears draws the foul)
8:22	+1	Jeremiah Fears makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-62
8:22	+1	Jeremiah Fears makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-62
8:08		Andrew Carr misses two point layup
8:06		Wildcats offensive rebound
7:53	+2	Amari Williams makes two point hook shot	59-64
7:37	+3	Jalon Moore makes three point jump shot (Kobe Elvis assists)	62-64
7:16		Collin Chandler turnover (bad pass) (Jalon Moore steals)
7:11		Glenn Taylor Jr. misses two point driving layup
7:09		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
7:03	+2	Otega Oweh makes two point driving layup	62-66
6:51	+3	Luke Northweather makes three point jump shot (Jeremiah Fears assists)	65-66
6:39		Wildcats 30 second timeout
6:39		TV timeout
6:28	+3	Otega Oweh makes three point jump shot (Collin Chandler assists)	65-69
6:11		Jalon Moore misses two point turnaround hook shot
6:09		Otega Oweh defensive rebound
5:55	+3	Koby Brea makes three point jump shot (Otega Oweh assists)	65-72
5:38		Otega Oweh personal foul (Jeremiah Fears draws the foul)
5:37		Kobe Elvis misses three point running jump shot
5:35		Koby Brea defensive rebound
5:17	+2	Otega Oweh makes two point driving layup	65-74
5:17		Glenn Taylor Jr. shooting foul (Otega Oweh draws the foul)
5:17	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 1 of 1	65-75
5:03		Kobe Elvis turnover (bad pass) (Brandon Garrison steals)
4:36		Brandon Garrison misses three point jump shot
4:33		Wildcats offensive rebound
4:31	+2	Brandon Garrison makes two point alley-oop dunk (Otega Oweh assists)	65-77
4:30		Sooners 30 second timeout
4:30		TV timeout
4:11		Jalon Moore misses two point turnaround jump shot
4:09		Koby Brea defensive rebound
3:55		Otega Oweh misses two point driving layup
3:53		Brandon Garrison offensive rebound
3:43		Brandon Garrison offensive foul (Kobe Elvis draws the foul)
3:43		Brandon Garrison turnover (offensive foul)
3:33		Jeremiah Fears misses two point driving layup
3:31		Mohamed Wague offensive rebound
3:30		Mohamed Wague misses two point layup
3:28		Mohamed Wague offensive rebound
3:28		Brandon Garrison shooting foul (Mohamed Wague draws the foul)
3:28	+1	Mohamed Wague makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-77
3:28	+1	Mohamed Wague makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-77
3:07		Jeremiah Fears personal foul (Andrew Carr draws the foul)
2:55		Luke Northweather shooting foul (Amari Williams draws the foul)
2:55		Amari Williams misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:55	+1	Amari Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-78
2:29		Glenn Taylor Jr. misses three point jump shot
2:27		Collin Chandler defensive rebound
2:12		Amari Williams offensive foul (Duke Miles draws the foul)
2:12		Amari Williams turnover (offensive foul)
1:48		Jeremiah Fears misses two point turnaround jump shot
1:46		Luke Northweather offensive rebound
1:38	+3	Jalon Moore makes three point pullup jump shot (Brycen Goodine assists)	70-78
1:26		Jeremiah Fears personal foul (Otega Oweh draws the foul)
1:26	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-79
1:26	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-80
1:19	+2	Jeremiah Fears makes two point driving layup	72-80
1:19		Brandon Garrison shooting foul (Jeremiah Fears draws the foul)
1:19	+1	Jeremiah Fears makes regular free throw 1 of 1	73-80
1:18		Amari Williams turnover (bad pass) (Kobe Elvis steals)
1:16	+2	Kobe Elvis makes two point layup	75-80
0:58		Mohamed Wague shooting foul (Andrew Carr draws the foul)
0:58		Andrew Carr misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:58	+1	Andrew Carr makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-81
0:48		Otega Oweh personal foul (Jeremiah Fears draws the foul)
0:48	+1	Jeremiah Fears makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-81
0:48	+1	Jeremiah Fears makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-81
0:41		Jalon Moore personal foul (Koby Brea draws the foul)
0:41	+1	Koby Brea makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-82
0:41	+1	Koby Brea makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-83
0:35	+3	Jeremiah Fears makes three point running jump shot (Kobe Elvis assists)	80-83
0:33		Sooners 60 second timeout
0:26		Andrew Carr turnover (lost ball) (Jeremiah Fears steals)
0:23	+2	Jalon Moore makes two point driving dunk (Jeremiah Fears assists)	82-83
0:20		Otega Oweh turnover (bad pass) (Jeremiah Fears steals)
0:06	+2	Jeremiah Fears makes two point driving layup	84-83
0:05		Wildcats 60 second timeout
0:01	+2	Otega Oweh makes two point driving layup	84-85
0:00		End of period

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Otega Oweh makes two point driving layup