Tennessee Volunteers at Kentucky Wildcats
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Otega Oweh scores 21, Kentucky beats No. 25 Tennessee 74-71
The Wildcats (17-7, 8-3 SEC) overcame a 14-point halftime deficit to complete a regular-season sweep of the Volunteers. Kentucky won 80-78 at Tennessee on Jan. 17.
Kentucky led for just four minutes and Collin Chandler’s 3-pointer with 32 seconds remaining gave the Wildcats a 71-69 lead. Denzel Aberdeen sank two free throws with 3.7 seconds left for the final margin.
Aberdeen finished with 16 points and Malachi Moreno added 10. Kentucky outscored the Volunteers 41-24 in the second half.
Kentucky honored its 1995-96 national championship team prior to tipoff and brought back the denim uniforms that team wore during “The Untouchables” national title run 30 years ago.
Nate Ament led the Volunteers (16-7, 6-4) with a career-high 29 points. 19 in the first half.
Ament scored 11 straight Tennessee points in a 14-4 run that gave the Volunteers a 28-18 lead with seven minutes remaining in the half. The 6-foot-10 freshman, averaging 24.5 points in the team’s previous four conference games, knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers and three treys overall during the spurt.
Ja’Kobi Gillespie added 15 points. J.P. Estrella had 11 and Bishop Boswell scored 10 for Tennessee.
Kentucky: Plays Saturday at No. 17 Florida.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 71 - 74 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 71 - 74 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Denzel Aberdeen makes free throw 2 of 2 | 71 - 74 |
| 2nd 0:03 | J.P. Estrella subbing in for Tennessee | 71 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Amari Evans subbing out for Tennessee | 71 - 73 |
Statistics
 TENN |
 UK |
|
|---|---|---|
| 23-62 | FG | 28-56 |
| 37 | Field Goal % | 50 |
| 8-21 | 3PT | 5-19 |
| 38 | Three Point % | 26 |
| 17-25 | FT | 13-22 |
| 68 | Free Throw % | 59 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 19 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| 17 | Assists | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 13 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 10 | Points Off Turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Fast Break Points | 10 |
| 24 | Points in Paint | 44 |
| 20 | Fouls | 21 |
| 14 | Largest Lead | 3 |
| 7 | Lead Changes | 7 |
| 86 | Percent Led | 12 |
Game Information
Location: Lexington, KY
Attendance: 20,123 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 16-2 | - | 26-7 |
| Arkansas | 13-5 | 3 | 26-8 |
| Alabama | 13-5 | 3 | 23-9 |
| Vanderbilt | 11-7 | 5 | 26-8 |
| Tennessee | 11-7 | 5 | 22-11 |
| Texas A&M | 11-7 | 5 | 21-11 |
| Georgia | 10-8 | 6 | 22-10 |
| Missouri | 10-8 | 6 | 20-12 |
| Kentucky | 10-8 | 6 | 21-13 |
| Texas | 9-9 | 7 | 18-14 |
| Oklahoma | 7-11 | 9 | 19-15 |
| Auburn | 7-11 | 9 | 17-16 |
| Mississippi State | 5-13 | 11 | 13-19 |
| Ole Miss | 4-14 | 12 | 15-20 |
| South Carolina | 4-14 | 12 | 13-19 |
| LSU | 3-15 | 13 | 15-17 |