17 Kentucky wins in close one at Oklahoma

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NORMAN, Ok. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Otega Oweh scored a last second lay up to edge Kentucky over Oklahoma, 83-82, on Wednesday in Norman.

UK had a lead as large as nine disappear in the first half as Oklahoma went into the break down by two, 43-41.

Mark Pope’s side reestablished its lead in the second half, but the Sooners did not go away quietly after tying the game at 60 apiece.

From there, UK had to fight to stay alive tying the game three times. In the final two minutes there were four lead changes as the Cats had the last laugh.

OU had six seconds to try and win, but UK’s defense stamped out any chance at a buzzer beater.

Oweh had five first half points against his former team and then exploded for 23 as the game went down to the wire.

His 28 points overall are a career-high just days after breaking his season long double figure scoring streak when he registered two points and fouled out at Alabama.

The only other player in double figure scoring for UK was Brandon Garrison with 12 points. He also had three blocks and three steals. Koby Brea had a team high seven rebounds.

Lamont Butler and Jaxson Robinson’s returns to the court saw the former foul out and the latter return to the bench with ice on his injured wrist after 12 minutes of action.

The Wildcats return home to face 1 Auburn on Saturday at 1 p.m.