Kentucky Wildcats vs. Auburn Tigers

Feb 21, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UK	39	35	74
AUB	35	40	75

Game Recap

Murphy, Freeman help Auburn end skid while dealing Kentucky third straight loss, 75-74. KeShawn Murphy totaled 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Elyjah Freeman tipped in a miss with 1.4 seconds left as Auburn ended a five-game losing streak by handing Kentucky a third straight loss, winning 75-74 on Saturday night.

Player Stats

KENTUCKY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Andrija Jelavic	13	2-6	1-3	0-0	4	1	2	0	1	2	5
24Malachi Moreno	24	3-6	0-0	1-2	7	4	0	1	1	2	7
5Collin Chandler	25	3-8	1-6	3-3	3	2	1	0	5	3	10
00Otega Oweh	35	11-20	1-3	6-8	7	3	1	0	2	4	29
1Denzel Aberdeen	38	5-14	3-8	2-2	1	3	1	0	1	1	15
9Trent Noah	19	0-2	0-2	0-0	5	1	0	0	1	2	0
23Mouhamed Dioubate	30	1-5	0-1	2-2	6	0	1	2	1	2	4
10Brandon Garrison	14	2-4	0-0	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	3	4
2Jasper Johnson	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTAL	-	27-6541.5%	6-2326.1%	14-1782.4%	37	15	7	3	13	19	74

AUBURN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
33Sebastian Williams-Adams	29	1-3	0-1	3-6	3	1	2	0	1	3	5
7Keyshawn Hall	37	3-15	1-6	3-3	9	7	1	0	3	3	10
3KeShawn Murphy	24	9-14	1-1	6-6	10	1	0	2	1	2	25
1Kevin Overton	31	3-6	1-3	3-3	1	0	0	2	0	2	10
0Tahaad Pettiford	35	2-9	1-4	4-4	3	3	2	0	5	2	9
38Filip Jovic	15	2-3	0-0	1-2	1	0	3	0	1	1	5
6Elyjah Freeman	27	5-12	1-4	0-0	3	0	1	1	0	0	11
21Blake Muschalek	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

TOTAL	-	25-6240.3%	5-1926.3%	20-2483.3%	30	12	9	5	11	14	75

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUKAUB

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Kentucky.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Auburn.
+2 (19:43) Malachi Moreno makes layup (Otega Oweh assists).
20
(19:26) Keyshawn Hall misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(19:25) Auburn Deadball Team Rebound.
(19:25) Foul on Brandon Garrison.
(19:15) Kevin Overton misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(19:12) KeShawn Murphy Offensive Rebound.
(19:12) Foul on Collin Chandler.
+1 (19:12) KeShawn Murphy makes free throw 1 of 2.
21
+1 (19:12) KeShawn Murphy makes free throw 2 of 2.
22
(18:48) Otega Oweh misses 18-foot jumper.
(18:43) Keyshawn Hall Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:36) KeShawn Murphy makes 2-foot dunk (Keyshawn Hall assists).
24
(18:22) Collin Chandler bad pass turnover.
(18:22) Tahaad Pettiford Steal.
(18:16) Tahaad Pettiford bad pass turnover.
(18:16) Andrija Jelavic Steal.
+2 (18:08) Denzel Aberdeen makes driving layup (Andrija Jelavic assists).
44
+2 (17:58) Keyshawn Hall makes layup (Sebastian Williams-Adams assists).
46
(17:36) Andrija Jelavic misses layup.
(17:31) Brandon Garrison Offensive Rebound.
(17:31) Brandon Garrison misses tip in layup.
(17:29) Brandon Garrison Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:29) Brandon Garrison makes 0-foot tip in layup.
66
(17:17) Keyshawn Hall misses layup.
(17:13) Otega Oweh Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:11) Collin Chandler makes 24-foot three point jumper.
96
(16:51) Foul on Collin Chandler.
+1 (16:51) Kevin Overton makes free throw 1 of 3.
97
+1 (16:51) Kevin Overton makes free throw 2 of 3.
98
+1 (16:51) Kevin Overton makes free throw 3 of 3.
99
+2 (16:34) Malachi Moreno makes 3-foot jumper.
119
(16:14) Sebastian Williams-Adams misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:10) Denzel Aberdeen Defensive Rebound.
(16:01) Trent Noah bad pass turnover.
(16:01) Tahaad Pettiford Steal.
+2 (15:56) Tahaad Pettiford makes driving layup.
1111
(15:36) Denzel Aberdeen bad pass turnover.
(15:36) Sebastian Williams-Adams Steal.
+2 (15:15) Elyjah Freeman makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
1113
(14:57) Otega Oweh misses 15-foot jumper.
(14:53) Keyshawn Hall Defensive Rebound.
(14:49) Keyshawn Hall misses driving layup.
(14:44) Keyshawn Hall Offensive Rebound.
(14:44) Keyshawn Hall misses tip in layup.
(14:42) Mouhamed Dioubate Defensive Rebound.
(14:40) Otega Oweh misses driving layup.
(14:40) Kevin Overton Block.
(14:40) Kentucky Offensive Rebound.
+3 (14:37) Denzel Aberdeen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Malachi Moreno assists).
1413
(14:23) Tahaad Pettiford misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(14:19) Mouhamed Dioubate Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:01) Otega Oweh makes 20-foot jumper.
1613
+2 (13:41) Filip Jović makes 5-foot dunk.
1615
(13:09) Denzel Aberdeen misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(13:04) Elyjah Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(12:59) Elyjah Freeman misses driving layup.
(12:59) Mouhamed Dioubate Block.
(12:57) Auburn Offensive Rebound.
(12:43) Foul on Brandon Garrison.
+3 (12:34) Keyshawn Hall makes 24-foot three point jumper.
1618
+2 (12:09) Otega Oweh makes driving layup.
1818
(11:52) Keyshawn Hall misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(11:49) Otega Oweh Defensive Rebound.
(11:40) Trent Noah misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(11:36) Keyshawn Hall Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:27) Kevin Overton makes 29-foot three point jumper (Keyshawn Hall assists).
1821
(11:15) Jasper Johnson bad pass turnover.
(11:15) Filip Jović Steal.
+2 (11:11) Filip Jović makes 3-foot dunk.
1823
(10:58) Foul on Blake Muschalek.
+2 (10:44) Mouhamed Dioubate makes driving layup.
2023
+3 (10:15) Elyjah Freeman makes 23-foot three point jumper (Keyshawn Hall assists).
2026
+2 (10:02) Denzel Aberdeen makes 16-foot jumper.
2226
(9:39) Elyjah Freeman misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:36) Auburn Deadball Team Rebound.
(9:36) Foul on Brandon Garrison.
(9:25) Foul on Otega Oweh.
(9:17) Tahaad Pettiford misses 13-foot jumper.
(9:14) Auburn Offensive Rebound.
(9:02) Keyshawn Hall misses driving layup.
(8:59) KeShawn Murphy Offensive Rebound.
(8:55) Elyjah Freeman misses layup.
(8:52) KeShawn Murphy Offensive Rebound.
(8:52) KeShawn Murphy bad pass turnover.
(8:39) Mouhamed Dioubate bad pass turnover.
(8:39) Keyshawn Hall Steal.
(8:22) Foul on Trent Noah.
+1 (8:22) Tahaad Pettiford makes free throw 1 of 2.
2227
+1 (8:22) Tahaad Pettiford makes free throw 2 of 2.
2228
(8:22) Foul on Sebastian Williams-Adams.
+2 (8:01) Collin Chandler makes 13-foot jumper (Denzel Aberdeen assists).
2428
(7:37) Keyshawn Hall misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(7:34) Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
(7:34) Foul on KeShawn Murphy.
(7:15) Malachi Moreno misses layup.
(7:15) KeShawn Murphy Block.
(7:15) Malachi Moreno Offensive Rebound.
(7:15) Malachi Moreno misses tip in layup.
(7:15) KeShawn Murphy Block.
(7:15) Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
(7:15) Collin Chandler misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(7:10) Andrija Jelavic Offensive Rebound.
(7:08) Collin Chandler misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(7:08) Andrija Jelavic misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(7:08) Malachi Moreno Offensive Rebound.
(6:56) Sebastian Williams-Adams Defensive Rebound.
(6:55) Elyjah Freeman misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(6:47) Collin Chandler Defensive Rebound.
(6:47) Denzel Aberdeen misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:47) Otega Oweh Offensive Rebound.
(6:47) Otega Oweh misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:47) Malachi Moreno Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:45) Malachi Moreno makes layup (Otega Oweh assists).
2628
(5:54) Foul on Andrija Jelavic.
+1 (5:54) KeShawn Murphy makes free throw 1 of 2.
2629
+1 (5:54) KeShawn Murphy makes free throw 2 of 2.
2630
(5:31) Foul on Tahaad Pettiford.
+1 (5:31) Collin Chandler makes free throw 1 of 3.
2730
+1 (5:31) Collin Chandler makes free throw 2 of 3.
2830
+1 (5:31) Collin Chandler makes free throw 3 of 3.
2930
(5:18) Elyjah Freeman misses driving layup.
(5:17) Auburn Deadball Team Rebound.
(5:17) Foul on Otega Oweh.
(5:17) Sebastian Williams-Adams misses free throw 1 of 2.
(5:17) Auburn Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (5:17) Sebastian Williams-Adams makes free throw 2 of 2.
2931
+2 (4:59) Otega Oweh makes driving layup.
3131
(4:43) Kevin Overton misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(4:39) KeShawn Murphy Offensive Rebound.
(4:36) KeShawn Murphy misses layup.
(4:33) Otega Oweh Defensive Rebound.
(4:28) Foul on KeShawn Murphy.
+1 (4:28) Otega Oweh makes free throw 1 of 2.
3231
(4:28) Otega Oweh misses free throw 2 of 2.
(4:26) Sebastian Williams-Adams Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:17) KeShawn Murphy makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Tahaad Pettiford assists).
3233
(4:00) Otega Oweh bad pass turnover.
(3:44) Tahaad Pettiford bad pass turnover.
(3:35) Foul on Filip Jović.
(3:21) Mouhamed Dioubate misses 11-foot jumper.
(3:16) Malachi Moreno Offensive Rebound.
(3:05) Denzel Aberdeen misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(3:01) Tahaad Pettiford Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:48) Sebastian Williams-Adams makes 2-foot dunk (Tahaad Pettiford assists).
3235
+2 (2:31) Otega Oweh makes 2-foot dunk (Malachi Moreno assists).
3435
(2:16) Foul on Trent Noah.
(2:16) Sebastian Williams-Adams misses free throw 1 of 2.
(2:16) Auburn Deadball Team Rebound.
(2:16) Sebastian Williams-Adams misses free throw 2 of 2.
(2:15) Trent Noah Defensive Rebound.
(1:59) Andrija Jelavic bad pass turnover.
(1:59) Sebastian Williams-Adams Steal.
(1:55) Tahaad Pettiford misses driving layup.
(1:52) Otega Oweh Defensive Rebound.
(1:30) Denzel Aberdeen misses 9-foot jumper.
(1:24) Andrija Jelavic Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:23) Andrija Jelavic makes 9-foot jumper.
3635
(1:06) Filip Jović bad pass turnover.
(1:06) Andrija Jelavic Steal.
(0:51) Andrija Jelavic misses layup.
(0:48) Filip Jović Defensive Rebound.
(0:42) Tahaad Pettiford misses driving layup.
(0:38) Trent Noah Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:36) Otega Oweh makes 5-foot dunk (Trent Noah assists).
3835
(0:36) Foul on Keyshawn Hall.
+1 (0:36) Otega Oweh makes free throw 1 of 1.
3935
(0:13) Keyshawn Hall misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(0:09) Trent Noah Defensive Rebound.
(0:01) Trent Noah misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Auburn Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

AUB

74Points75

27-65(41.5%)Field Goal(%)25-62(40.3%)

6-23(26.1%)3-Point(%)5-19(26.3%)

14-17(82.4%)Free Throw(%)20-24(83.3%)

38(17)Rebounds(Offensive)33(13)

15Assists12

7Steals9

3Blocks5

14Turnovers11

19(0)Fouls(Technical)14(0)

9Largest Lead6

Game Details

Saturday, February 21, 2026 · 8:38 PM

Neville Arena · Auburn, AL

attendance: 9,121 (100%)

tv: ESPN

spread: AUB -3.5

over/under: 153.5