Otega Oweh’s clutch magic: 3 new jaw-dropping angles of Kentucky’s buzzer-beater you have to see

Otega Oweh didn’t just hit a game-winner. He exhaled years of frustration. And we have multiple angles for you to enjoy.

A left-handed, running floater kissed off the glass with half a second left. And just like that, Kentucky had its first SEC Tournament win since 2022. More importantly, it was their first win over an NCAA Tournament team at the SEC Tournament since they knocked off Tennessee in 2018. You could almost feel the Big Blue Nation’s collective sigh of relief.

Everything was rolling Kentucky’s way for most of the game and especially late. The shots were falling, the defense was swarming, and Mark Pope’s crew looked poised to finally shake off the March ghosts that have haunted them for far too long. But, as we’ve seen before, the final minutes nearly ripped away everything they’d built.

It started with a simple mistake. Amari Williams got trapped in the backcourt, stuck in the corner, and fired a desperate pass against the press that wound up as an Oklahoma layup. Then, Oweh himself lost control against the press, the ball squirting loose before Carr scooped it up — only to have it stripped away by three Sooners. Another turnover, another made basket. The Wildcats’ once-safe lead was down to a single point.

Then the unthinkable happened, again. Oweh, who’d been so solid most of the game, turned it over. This time, Oklahoma’s Jeremy Fears pounced to put the Sooners up by one with just five seconds left. Suddenly, the nightmare felt real all over again.

But this time, Kentucky woke up.

Too much time, for Oweh who had been great all night (55 points in 2 games against Oklahoma). As soon as he took the inbounds pass from Trent Noah, he was a blur. Past one man, then another, Elvis at half court left flailing as Oweh flew by. Down the baseline, his left hand flicked the ball high in the air and through the net.

Pope was beaming afterward, though his smile was tempered by concern. Lamont Butler left the game with that injured left shoulder and Pope said Butler was getting imaging done to determine the severity. We should find out more about that today.

But the coach couldn’t help but marvel at Oweh’s poise in the moment. “If I just talk about the last play, you lose the greatness of the moment” Pope said. Oweh shook over the turnovers and responded with the second game winner in the final seconds against his old team.

The Wildcats may not be out of the woods yet, but for the first time in a long time, they’re at least walking with their heads held high. And if Oweh keeps playing like this, they might just keep walking a little further.