Otega Oweh's buzzer-beater saves Kentucky in 89-84 overtime win over Santa Clara in March Madness

— Otega Oweh rescued Kentucky with a buzzer-beater from just inside half court to force overtime, then hit the tiebreaking free throws in the extra period as the seventh-seeded Wildcats beat No....
Mar 20, 2026, 05:57 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--SCU
100%
--UK

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Collin Chandler misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Otega Oweh misses driving layup
  • Malachi Moreno misses layup
  • Malachi Moreno makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Brenton Knapper misses 11-foot floating jump shot
  • Denzel Aberdeen makes 27-foot three point jumper (Andrija Jelavic assists)
  • Brenton Knapper misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jake Ensminger makes layup
  • Otega Oweh makes 23-foot three point jumper (Malachi Moreno assists)
  • Brenton Knapper makes driving layup
  • Denzel Aberdeen misses 18-foot jumper
  • Elijah Mahi makes 14-foot jumper
  • Collin Chandler misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Allen Graves misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sash Gavalyugov makes 6-foot jumper
  • Collin Chandler misses 30-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Hammond misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Otega Oweh makes driving layup
  • Sash Gavalyugov misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Denzel Aberdeen misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Hammond makes 25-foot three point jumper (Thierry Darlan assists)
  • Otega Oweh misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Allen Graves misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Sash Gavalyugov misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sash Gavalyugov misses 8-foot floating jump shot
  • Brandon Garrison makes layup (Otega Oweh assists)
  • Brandon Garrison misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Bukky Oboye misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Garrison makes driving layup
  • Jake Ensminger makes driving layup
  • Brandon Garrison makes layup
  • Christian Hammond misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Collin Chandler misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Elijah Mahi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brenton Knapper assists)
  • Mouhamed Dioubate makes driving layup
  • Jake Ensminger misses 16-foot jumper
  • Thierry Darlan misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Otega Oweh makes driving layup
  • Allen Graves makes 10-foot floating jump shot (Sash Gavalyugov assists)
  • Collin Chandler misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Elijah Mahi misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Malachi Moreno makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Malachi Moreno misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Denzel Aberdeen makes 1-foot dunk
  • Sash Gavalyugov misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Otega Oweh misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Denzel Aberdeen misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Sash Gavalyugov makes 24-foot three point jumper
  • Mouhamed Dioubate makes 23-foot three point jumper (Otega Oweh assists)
  • Bukky Oboye makes layup (Sash Gavalyugov assists)
  • Otega Oweh misses 14-foot jumper
  • Christian Hammond misses 12-foot jumper
  • Elijah Mahi makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Elijah Mahi makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Mouhamed Dioubate misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Hammond makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Christian Hammond misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Christian Hammond misses 10-foot jumper
  • Otega Oweh misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sash Gavalyugov misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Denzel Aberdeen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Garrison assists)
  • Jake Ensminger misses layup
  • Brandon Garrison misses 11-foot floating jump shot
  • Elijah Mahi makes 24-foot three point jumper
  • Elijah Mahi misses 12-foot floating jump shot
  • Jake Ensminger makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jake Ensminger makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Denzel Aberdeen misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sash Gavalyugov misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Otega Oweh makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Otega Oweh makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Elijah Mahi makes 14-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Bukky Oboye makes 1-foot dunk
  • Otega Oweh makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Otega Oweh makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Collin Chandler makes 0-foot dunk
  • Bukky Oboye makes layup (Christian Hammond assists)
  • Otega Oweh misses driving layup
  • Otega Oweh makes 23-foot three point jumper (Denzel Aberdeen assists)
  • Elijah Mahi misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Hammond makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Christian Hammond makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Collin Chandler makes 23-foot three point jumper (Andrija Jelavic assists)
  • Brenton Knapper misses driving layup
  • Denzel Aberdeen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Otega Oweh assists)
  • Christian Hammond makes 10-foot floating jump shot
  • Otega Oweh misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Brenton Knapper misses 14-foot floating jump shot
  • Otega Oweh makes driving layup (Andrija Jelavic assists)
  • Allen Graves misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Christian Hammond misses driving layup
  • Andrija Jelavic misses 5-foot pullup jump shot
  • Elijah Mahi misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Collin Chandler misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jake Ensminger makes layup (Elijah Mahi assists)
  • Brandon Garrison makes 1-foot dunk
  • Denzel Aberdeen makes 22-foot three point jumper
  • Sash Gavalyugov makes 23-foot three point jumper
  • Otega Oweh misses layup
  • Elijah Mahi makes driving layup (Sash Gavalyugov assists)
  • Mouhamed Dioubate makes 6-foot jumper (Collin Chandler assists)
  • Elijah Mahi makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Collin Chandler misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Elijah Mahi misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Otega Oweh misses dunk
  • Allen Graves makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Allen Graves makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Otega Oweh makes layup (Collin Chandler assists)
  • Sash Gavalyugov makes 17-foot jumper (KJ Cochran assists)
  • Sash Gavalyugov makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Mouhamed Dioubate makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Mouhamed Dioubate makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Christian Hammond misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • Otega Oweh makes driving layup
  • Otega Oweh makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Allen Graves misses 5-foot jumper
  • Jake Ensminger makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Mouhamed Dioubate misses 10-foot jumper
  • Otega Oweh misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Kam Williams makes 30-foot three point jumper (Otega Oweh assists)
  • Allen Graves makes driving layup (Sash Gavalyugov assists)
  • Mouhamed Dioubate makes driving layup
  • Elijah Mahi misses driving layup
  • Otega Oweh makes driving layup
  • Allen Graves misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Otega Oweh misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Elijah Mahi misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Allen Graves makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Allen Graves makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Otega Oweh misses 21-foot jumper
  • Allen Graves misses layup
  • Allen Graves makes layup (Elijah Mahi assists)
  • Otega Oweh misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Otega Oweh makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Elijah Mahi misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Allen Graves makes layup
  • Otega Oweh misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sash Gavalyugov misses 11-foot jumper
  • Allen Graves misses layup
  • Otega Oweh makes layup (Collin Chandler assists)
  • Allen Graves makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sash Gavalyugov assists)
  • Otega Oweh makes 32-foot three point jumper
  • Otega Oweh misses 13-foot floating jump shot
  • Collin Chandler misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Denzel Aberdeen misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Otega Oweh makes driving layup
  • Elijah Mahi makes 23-foot three point jumper (Christian Hammond assists)
  • Mouhamed Dioubate makes 4-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sash Gavalyugov misses driving layup
  • Christian Hammond misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Garrison misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Brandon Garrison misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Sash Gavalyugov makes 26-foot three point jumper (Allen Graves assists)
  • Mouhamed Dioubate makes driving layup
  • Elijah Mahi misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Otega Oweh makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Otega Oweh makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sash Gavalyugov misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Brandon Garrison makes 1-foot dunk (Otega Oweh assists)
  • Sash Gavalyugov misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Mouhamed Dioubate makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Mouhamed Dioubate makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Christian Hammond misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jake Ensminger makes 23-foot three point jumper
  • Otega Oweh makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Otega Oweh makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jake Ensminger misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Denzel Aberdeen makes 1-foot dunk (Mouhamed Dioubate assists)
  • Allen Graves makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Allen Graves makes free throw 2 of 2
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Santa Clara BroncosSCUSCU
(26-9)
(26-9, 8-3 Away)
o161.5
-110
+3.5
-108
o157.5
-108
+142
Kentucky WildcatsUKUK
(22-13)
(22-13, 14-4 Home)
-1.5
-110
-3.5
-112
u157.5
-112
-170
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