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Kentucky Hosts Oklahoma With Otega Oweh Driving Wildcats’ Midseason Surge

The Sooners visit on an eight-game SEC slide for their first Rupp Arena appearance in nearly 40 years.

Overview

  • Tipoff is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. ET on ESPN2 at Rupp Arena.
  • Kentucky is 15-7 (6-3 SEC) after winning six of seven and 10 of its last 13, highlighted by an 85-77 road upset of then-No. 15 Arkansas.
  • Otega Oweh leads the Wildcats at 16.6 points per game and has topped 20 in seven of nine SEC contests while scoring in double figures every game.
  • A former Sooner from 2022–24, Oweh hit game-winning shots in both of Kentucky’s one-point victories over Oklahoma last season, including in the SEC tournament.
  • Oklahoma is 11-11 (1-8 SEC) with eight straight losses, several by narrow margins, led by scorers Nijel Pack (16.3 ppg) and Xzayvier Brown (16.2 ppg).