\tAUBURN, ALABAMA – FEBRUARY 21: Otega Oweh #00 of the Kentucky Wildcats drives to the basket against the defense of Kevin Overton #1 of Auburn Tigers during the first half at Neville Arena on February 21, 2026 in Auburn, Alabama. (Photo by Stew Milne\/Getty Images) | Getty Images\t<\/p>\n
Another night, another heartbreaking loss late for the Kentucky Wildcats as they fell 75-74 at Auburn.<\/p>\n
Kentucky had control for much of the game and their lead slipped away from them late, only for the Wildcats to regain control of the game and then lose it all again with 1.1 seconds remaining on a third shot-attempt in 14-seconds being successful.<\/p>\n
The Wildcats failed to convert another hail-Mary, full-court type inbounds play with Malachi Moreno to seal the defeat. The loss also comes despite a career high 29 points on better than 50% shooting and seven rebounds from Otega Oweh.<\/p>\n
Collin Chandler and Denzel Aberdeen didn\u2019t shoot well from the field but did make key shots\/plays down the stretch when the team needed them most. It just simply wasn\u2019t enough \u2014 which has been the trend as of late with the Wildcats having now lost three consecutive SEC games for the first time since 2021.<\/p>\n
While they have a favorable road matchup with South Carolina coming up, they\u2019ll also face Vanderbilt at home before hitting the road again to play Texas A&M before ending their regular season back in Lexington against Florida.<\/p>\n
Two of those teams Kentucky has already lost to in SEC play and the other two they\u2019ve not yet played.<\/p>\n
Currently sitting as the No. 6 team in the conference standings, the Wildcats need to win at least 2-3 of their final four games and have some luck fall their way in order to have a comfortable entry into the NCAA Tournament and a somewhat favorable seed going into the SEC Tournament.<\/p>\n
Tip-off at South Carolina is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 PM ET with coverage on SEC Network.<\/p>\n