Otega Oweh Earns SEC Co-Player of the Week Honors

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky senior Otega Oweh was selected as the Southeastern Conference Co-Player of the Week, it was announced by the league office on Monday. Oweh shares the award, the first weekly honor for UK this season, with Tennessee’s Ja’Kobi Gillespie.

Oweh scored a game-high 20 points as the Wildcats picked up their first win over an Associated Press Top-25 opponent, defeating No. 22 St. John’s, 78-66, in the CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta on Saturday.

UK’s star guard also contributed five rebounds and three steals in the winning effort, marking his seventh-consecutive game with multiple steals, the longest streak of his college career.

Oweh’s defensive prowess was paramount in holding the Red Storm to a season-low 33.3 percent field-goal clip, while his 20-point effort was his second outing reaching the 20-point threshold this season. He also made 8-of-9 free throws in the contest and is shooting a career-best 81.5 percent from the charity stripe thus far.

Against St. John’s, Kentucky overcame a seven-point halftime deficit for the second-consecutive game. It marked the first time in program history that the Wildcats have won consecutive games when trailing by seven or more at the break.

The Newark, N.J. native has scored in double figures in all 12 of Kentucky’s games this year and 45 of 48 games as a Wildcat overall.

Oweh leads the team in scoring at 14.5 points per game. He also boasts a team-high 21 steals on the year.

The Cats play for the final time in the 2025 calendar year when they meet Bellarmine inside Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center on Tuesday. Tip-time is set for 1 p.m. with the game airing on SEC Network+.

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