Nashville, Tennessee (AP) – Otega Oweh made a basic jumper with 0.5 seconds after n ° 15 Kentucky had blowed a late lead in the last minutes, and the Wildcats beat Oklahoma 85-84 Thursday evening to go to the Southeast conference Quarter -finals of the tournament.
The Wildcats of the sixth seeded (22-10), which led by 10 with 1:20 to play, won their third consecutive match and will now play on Friday evening in classified Alabama and third head of series.
Oweh finished with 27 points. Koby Brea added 22 and Andrew Carr 11.
The seeded n ° 14 Oklahoma (20-13) won her Start of the dry tournament Only to lose against an old earlier for the second time since February 26. Oweh led Kentucky against his old school With another late bucket.
Jeremiah Fears scored 28 points for Oklahoma, including a basket that gave the Sooners an advance of 84-83 with 5.6 seconds remaining.
Take -out
Oklahoma: The Sooners will have to wait for their first victory against Kentucky after abandoning their second this season and fifth of all time at the Wildcats. They have also lost for the first time on neutral field this season in their seventh game of this type.
Kentucky: The winners of this tournament at the top of the 31 times, it was only the second time that the Wildcats played in the second round. Now the Wildcats have continued to continue their first title here since 2018.
They did it with the starting goalkeeper Lamont Butler playing only eight minutes, starting at 9:35 a.m. from the first half with a right shoulder problem a few seconds after finishing a quick break with a lay-up for his only points.
Key
The fears have scored seven consecutive points crowned by its lay-up to give the Sooners their first advance since 3:51 pm. They dragged up to 77-65 with 4:31 on the left.
Key statistics
The Sooners could not stop again when it mattered the most.
The next
Oklahoma comes home 1-1 in its beginnings at the SEC tournament while waiting for its destination for the NCAA tournament. Kentucky has a third chance in Alabama, which took the two games during the regular season.
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