Otega Oweh ratings ultimate shot once more as No. 15 Kentucky sends Oklahoma house from 1st SEC Tourney

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Otega Oweh made a baseline jumper with 0.5 seconds left after No. 15 Kentucky had blown a overdue lead within the ultimate mins, and the Wildcats beat Oklahoma 85-84 on Thursday night time to advance to the Southeastern Convention Match quarterfinals.The sixth-seeded Wildcats (22-10), who led through 10 with 1:20 left, gained their 0.33 immediately and now will play fifth-ranked and third-seeded Alabama on Friday night time.Oweh completed with 27 issues. Koby Brea added 22 and Andrew Carr 11.No. 14 seed Oklahoma (20-13) gained its SEC Match debut best to lose to a former Quicker for the second one time since Feb. 26. Oweh led Kentucky towards his old-fashioned with some other overdue bucket.Jeremiah Fears scored 28 issues for Oklahoma, together with a basket that gave the Sooners an 84-83 lead with 5.6 seconds closing.TakeawaysOklahoma: The Sooners should stay up for their first win towards Kentucky after losing their 2d this season and 5th all-time to the Wildcats. In addition they misplaced for the primary time on a impartial court docket this season of their 7th such recreation.Kentucky: Winners of this match a league-high 31 occasions, this was once simply the second one time the Wildcats had performed in the second one spherical. Now the Wildcats stay chasing their first name right here since 2018.They did it with beginning guard Lamont Butler taking part in best 8 mins, leaving at 9:35 of the primary part with a proper shoulder factor seconds after completing a fast-break with a layup for his best issues.Key momentFears scored seven immediately issues capped through his layup to provide the Sooners their first lead since 15:51. They trailed through up to 77-65 with 4:31 left.Key statThe Sooners could not prevent Oweh once more when it mattered maximum.Up nextOklahoma heads house 1-1 in its SEC Match debut looking forward to its NCAA Match vacation spot. Kentucky will get a 3rd probability at Alabama, which took each video games all through the common season.___Get ballot signals and updates at the AP Most sensible 25 right through the season. Join right here. AP university basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball