Kentucky Vs Auburn: Oweh’s Career High Falls Short in 75-74 Loss at Neville Arena
Kentucky Vs Auburn ended in a 75-74 defeat for the Wildcats after Auburn hit a game-winning basket with 1. 2 seconds left, despite Otega Oweh’s career-high 29 points on Saturday night at Neville Arena in Auburn. Kentucky fell to (17-10, 8-6 Southeastern Conference) in a game that was tied 10 times and featured 11 lead changes.
Oweh pours in a career-high 29
Otega Oweh led Kentucky with a career-best 29 points and paced the teams at halftime with 12 first-half points. He hit a three-point play late in the first half to lift Kentucky to a 39-35 lead at the break. Oweh repeatedly attacked the rim — tying the game at 18-18, dunking to pull UK within one in the first half and finishing key sequences in the second half, including a four-point burst that tied the game at 59 and a breakaway dunk with under a minute that gave Kentucky a 72-71 edge.
Lead changes and tight stretches
The margin flipped often. Denzel Aberdeen finished with 16 points and Collin Chandler added 10, but the game swung possession by possession. The largest lead for either team was nine points. Early on, Malachi Moreno opened scoring with a layup, then Auburn reeled off four to take the lead. An Aberdeen layup knotted the score before the Tigers pushed back to lead 6-4. Brandon Garrison’s tip-in tied the game and Chandler’s three put Kentucky up 9-6, but Auburn answered with three free throws to tie it again.
Key swings in the first and second halves
Moreno hit a half hook to give Kentucky the lead, only to see Auburn run four straight to go up 13-11. Aberdeen’s three reclaimed the lead for UK and Oweh’s jumper stretched it to 16-13, but Auburn countered with a five-point run to retake control. In the first half Auburn closed with a five-point spurt to go up 23-18 before Mo Dioubate scored inside and the Tigers hit a three to make it 26-20.
Chandler’s elbow jumper cut the deficit to 28-24, and Moreno’s layup made it a two-point game. After two Auburn free throws, Chandler sank three free throws to narrow the margin to 30-29. The Tigers hit one-of-two at the line before Oweh scored to tie, then Oweh’s one-of-two from the line gave Kentucky a 32-31 lead before Auburn regained and extended its edge again.
In the second half, Auburn opened with two points but Kentucky answered with a Chandler dunk, an Andrija Jelavic three and an Oweh fast-break dunk to jump to a 46-37 lead and force an Auburn timeout. The Tigers answered with seven straight, and a later 10-0 run put Auburn up by four. Dioubate’s two free throws trimmed the lead, Oweh’s four points evened the game at 59, and the teams traded baskets into the late stages.
Kentucky Vs Auburn: the final sequence
With 2: 01 remaining, Oweh’s five-point burst tied the game at 68-68. Auburn hit a three to retake the lead, and Oweh made two-of-three free throws to get Kentucky within one. With less than a minute, Kentucky forced a steal and found Oweh for a breakaway dunk that put the Cats ahead 72-71 with 48 seconds showing. Kentucky’s defense held, then Aberdeen sank two free throws with 18 seconds to play to make it 74-71. Auburn hit two free throws with 14 seconds left to get within one, the
Auburn then hit a game-winning basket with 1. 2 seconds left to beat Kentucky 75-74.
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Other contributors included Brandon Garrison and Andrija Jelavic with key buckets and Mo Dioubate scoring inside for Auburn. The game featured ten ties and 11 lead changes across the evening.
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