Kentucky Vs Auburn: Oweh’s Career-High 29 Falls Short in 75-74 Loss at Neville Arena

Who feels the hit first is Kentucky’s roster: Otega Oweh poured in a career-high 29 points, but Kentucky Vs Auburn ended with Auburn sinking a game-winning basket with 1. 2 seconds left to win 75-74 inside Neville Arena. The result leaves Kentucky at 17-10, 8-6 in the Southeastern Conference and turns a tightly contested game—tied 10 times with 11 lead changes—into a late heartbreak for the Wildcats.

Kentucky Vs Auburn — immediate impact on Kentucky’s stat line and momentum

Otega Oweh finished with a team-high, career-best 29 points. Denzel Aberdeen added 16 points and Collin Chandler contributed 10. The final sequence erased a late Kentucky advantage and converted a free-throw sequence and a final basket into a one-point loss. The largest lead in the game was nine points, underscoring how swings in momentum repeatedly altered the scoreboard.

How the scoring unfolded (selected sequence highlights)

Saturday night inside Neville Arena featured an early exchange of leads and multiple rapid responses. Malachi Moreno opened scoring with a layup for Kentucky, then Auburn scored four straight. An Aberdeen layup tied it, only for Auburn to move back ahead 6-4. Brandon Garrison’s tip in tied the game and Collin Chandler’s three put Kentucky up 9-6 before Auburn hit three free throws to even it again.

Moreno’s half-hook regained the lead for the Cats, but Auburn answered with a 4-0 run to go up 13-11. Aberdeen’s three later reclaimed the lead and an Oweh jumper extended it to 16-13; Auburn then strung five points together to regain control. Oweh’s drive knotted the score at 18-18 before Auburn answered with five straight to lead 23-18. Mo Dioubate scored inside but Auburn’s three-pointer pushed their margin to 26-20.

Chandler’s elbow jumper trimmed the deficit to 28-24; Moreno’s layup brought UK within two. After two Auburn free throws, Chandler’s three free throws cut Auburn’s lead to 30-29. A brief exchange at the line and an Oweh basket tied the game; Oweh then made one of two at the line to give Kentucky a 32-31 edge. Auburn reclaimed the lead on the next possession and extended it by three.

Late in the half Oweh’s dunk closed the gap to one and Andrija Jelavic pushed Kentucky ahead 36-35. An Oweh three-point play sent Kentucky into halftime leading 39-35, and Oweh had 12 first-half points.

Second-half surges, runs and the closing minutes

Auburn scored the first two points of the second half but Kentucky answered strongly: Chandler dunked, Jelavic hit a three, and Oweh’s fast-break dunk made it 46-37 and forced an Auburn timeout. The Tigers countered with a seven-point run to get within two. Oweh’s two free throws halted that stretch, though Auburn again trimmed the lead to one after converting on the other end and a free throw.

Brandon Garrison followed with a fast-break bucket and Aberdeen hit a three to rebuild a 53-47 UK lead, but Auburn answered with a 10-0 run to take a four-point advantage. Dioubate made two free throws to cut the deficit in half. After another Auburn basket, Oweh poured in four points to tie the game at 59. The teams traded possessions; Moreno made one of two at the line before Auburn finished a three-point play and a dunk to lead 66-60. Aberdeen’s three cut it to three, then Auburn’s two free throws nudged the lead back to five.

Oweh’s five straight tied it 68-68 with 2: 01 left. Auburn reclaimed the lead with a three before Oweh made two of three free throws to bring Kentucky within one. With under a minute remaining, Kentucky forced a steal and found Oweh for a breakaway dunk that put the Cats up 72-71 with 48 seconds left. Kentucky held a defensive stop and Aberdeen’s two free throws with 18 seconds left pushed it to 74-71. Auburn then hit two free throws with 14 seconds remaining to get within one—the provided account ends mid-sentence and is unclear in the provided context.

Critical patterns, implications and short takeaways

• Lead volatility defined the night: 10 ties and 11 lead changes show neither team maintained long control.
• Owe’s scoring: Otega Oweh led the game with 29 points and had 12 at halftime, a primary offensive driver for Kentucky.
• Contributors beyond Oweh: Denzel Aberdeen and Collin Chandler were the other double-digit scorers for Kentucky.
• The final 1. 2-second-winning basket reversed Kentucky’s late lead and decided a one-point outcome.

Here’s the part that matters: the flow of runs—Auburn 10-0, Kentucky responses, and the late free throws—made the last minute fragile for both sides. It’s easy to overlook, but Oweh led everyone with 12 points in the first half, setting the tone for his career-high night.

The real question now is how Kentucky processes a one-point loss decided in the final 1. 2 seconds and how that affects the team’s immediate approach; details beyond the play-by-play are unclear in the provided context.

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