University of Kentucky Men’ s Basketball
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Otega Oweh
Position Guard Height- 6-4 Weight- 220 Class- Senior Hometown- Newark, N. J. Previous School- Oklahoma High School- Blair Academy Major- Communication
2024-25: NABC All-District First Team selection … Voted second team All-SEC by the league’ s coaches … Scored in double figures in each of the team’ s first 26 games, and 33 overall … The 26-game double-figure scoring game streak was the longest of any SEC player to begin the season … Set career-best marks in points per game( 16.2), rebounds per game( 4.7), assists per game( 1.7), steals per game( 1.6), blocks per game( 0.5), free-throw percentage(. 776), total 3s made( 27), total free throws made( 149), total field goals made( 204), total rebounds( 168), assists( 62), blocks( 19), steals( 57) and points( 584) … Became a 1,000-point scorer during the SEC Tournament … Led the team in scoring and steals … Paced the team in scoring in 16 games … Had one double-double … Generated three or more steals in seven games … Became the first player this century to hit two game-winning shots against the same team( Oklahoma on the road and in the SEC Tournament) … Charted 13 points, four rebounds and two steals in the Sweet 16 … Had 15 points and four boards vs. Illinois in the NCAA Tournament … Scored 20 points, had eight rebounds and dished out a career-high six assists in the win over Troy to open the NCAA Tournament … Scored 27 points, while adding five assists, four rebounds and three steals against Oklahoma in the SEC Tournament … Hit the game-winning floater with less than a second remaining … Tallied 22 points and induced three steals in the upset at Missouri … Logged 24 points, eight rebounds, three assists and three steals in the home finale vs. LSU … Tallied a career-high 28 points, while adding six rebounds and a pair of blocks at Oklahoma … Scored UK’ s final 18 points, including the game-winner against the Sooners and then clinched the game with a defensive block … Had 20 points, seven rebounds and three assists in the win over Vanderbilt … Scored 20 points and added five rebounds at Texas … Logged 13 points, six rebounds, two assists and two blocks in the home upset of Tennessee … Tallied 24 points and six rebounds at Ole Miss … Scored 14 points and added six boards with a block and a steal at Tennessee … Had 21 points and a career-high 12 rebounds at Vanderbilt … Notched 21 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals vs. Alabama at home … Had 15 points, eight rebounds, two assists and two steals at Mississippi State … Scored 16 points, including 10 during a key 16-0 run in the first half, to help UK defeat No. 6 Florida … Had 21 points and was a perfect 13 of 13 from the line vs. Ohio State, tying for the fifth best free-throw performance in program history … Was clutch down the stretch vs. Louisville, scoring nine of his 17 points over the final two minutes to polish off the victory … Had 13 points, six rebounds and three assists in the win over Gonzaga … Posted 18 points vs. WKU … Tallied 21 points with three steals vs. Jackson State … Played a big part in Kentucky’ s upset of Duke, racking up 15 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals … Logged a steal and the go-ahead free throws with 10 seconds remaining to seal the win … Poured in 21 points, including a trio of 3s, while adding three steals and a block in his UK debut vs. Wright State … Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-star prospect by ESPN. com, 247Sports and Rivals … Ranked No. 73 by 247Sports, 76 by Rivals and 89 by ESPN … Let Team Final EYBL( PA) to a 17U Peach Jam title … Named Nike EYBL Peach Jam Breakout Player of the Session and averaged 14.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.3 assists per contest.
PERSONAL: Born June 21 in Union, New Jersey … Parents are Tania and Henry Oweh … Has three siblings, Kaylen, Odafe and Natasha … Brother, Odafe, is a linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens … Major is communication … He chose No. 00 because it represents his name … Off the court he enjoys watching Netflix or YouTube … His favorite show is Martin … Lists his favorite movie as Paid in Full … Before games the one thing he has to do is pray … Chose Kentucky because of its rich history when it comes to basketball and he believes in Coach Pope’ s vision … Favorite basketball player is Lebron James and his favorite former UK player is John Wall.
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