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Oklahoma Sooners at Kentucky Wildcats

· SEC Tournament - 2nd Round
20-13, 2-7 Away
Final
84 - 85
22-10, 15-3 Home

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

Oklahoma Sooners vs. Kentucky Wildcats: Game Highlights

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.

Takeaways 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.

Key moment 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.

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

Up next 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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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 84 - 85
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 84 - 85
2nd 0:00 Otega Oweh made Layup. 84 - 85
2nd 0:06 Kentucky Timeout 84 - 83
2nd 0:06 Jeremiah Fears made Layup. 84 - 83

Statistics

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30-62 FG 31-60
48.4 Field Goal % 51.7
9-25 3PT 8-24
36.0 Three Point % 33.3
15-18 FT 15-22
83.3 Free Throw % 68.2
28 Rebounds 36
4 Offensive Rebounds 8
24 Defensive Rebounds 28
14 Assists 17
6 Steals 7
2 Blocks 2
8 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 2
8 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Off Turnovers 15
18 Fast Break Points 21
40 Points in Paint 42
20 Fouls 17
3 Largest Lead 12

Game Information

Venue: Bridgestone Arena

Location: Nashville, TN
Attendance: 16,347 | Capacity:

2024-25 Southeastern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Auburn 15-3 - 32-5
Florida 14-4 1 34-4
Alabama 13-5 2 28-9
Tennessee 12-6 3 30-8
Texas A&M 11-7 4 23-11
Ole Miss 10-8 5 24-12
Kentucky 10-8 5 24-12
Missouri 10-8 5 22-12
Mississippi State 8-10 7 21-13
Arkansas 8-10 7 22-14
Georgia 8-10 7 20-13
Vanderbilt 8-10 7 20-13
Oklahoma 6-12 9 20-14
Texas 6-12 9 19-16
LSU 3-15 12 14-18
South Carolina 2-16 13 12-20
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