Basketball has a way of creating heroes and heartbreakers in the span of mere seconds. On Thursday night in Nashville, Otega Oweh became both. With 5.6 seconds left, Oklahoma had seemingly completed a miracle comeback. Jeremiah Fears’ layup had just given the Sooners an 84-83 lead. But Oweh, a former Sooner now donning Kentucky blue, had one more act left in his script. He sprinted down the court, took the baseline Oklahoma left open, and drilled a contested jumper with just 0.5 seconds left. The ball dropped through the net, sealing an 85-84 Kentucky victory and sending Oklahoma home from their first-ever SEC Tournament. yet, it wasn’t only his performance at the centre of attraction.
At the post-game press conference, Oklahoma head coach Porter Moser couldn’t hold back the emotions. The pain of watching one of his former players, a player he had once nurtured and believed in, deliver the crushing blow was too much. Tears welled in his eyes as he addressed reporters.
OU head coach Porter Moser is in tears at the podium.
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But the head coach wasn’t alone in feeling overwhelmed. For Oklahoma fans, this loss felt eerily familiar, too. Just two weeks ago, Oweh had tormented his old team with a euro-stepping game-winner to lift Kentucky to an 83-82 win over the Sooners. Now, history repeated itself in an even bigger moment—only this time, it ended their SEC Tournament dreams.
Oweh, who spent two seasons at Oklahoma before transferring to Kentucky, dropped 27 points in the win. He wasn’t just playing against a former team—he was playing against a past that many believed he was still a part of.
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