Santa Clara Broncos vs. Kentucky Wildcats

Mar 20, 2026

FINAL / OT

Box Score

	1	2	OT	T
SCU	31	42	11	84
UK	29	44	16	89

Game Recap

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....

Player Stats

SANTA CLARA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
8Elijah Mahi	39	7-16	4-8	2-2	5	2	1	0	1	3	20
12Bukky Oboye	17	3-4	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	1	3	4	6
1Christian Hammond	41	3-11	1-5	2-3	5	4	2	0	2	2	9
44Jake Ensminger	42	5-8	2-3	2-2	8	2	3	0	0	2	14
0Brenton Knapper	13	1-5	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
22Allen Graves	27	5-12	1-3	6-6	7	1	0	1	0	3	17
3Francis Chukwudebelu	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Sash Gavalyugov	32	6-16	4-11	0-0	6	5	0	0	0	3	16
7KJ Cochran	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
15Thierry Darlan	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
TOTAL	-	30-7341.1%	12-3336.4%	12-1392.3%	35	17	8	2	7	20	84

KENTUCKY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Andrija Jelavic	13	0-1	0-0	0-0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0
24Malachi Moreno	20	1-2	0-0	1-2	6	1	0	0	3	3	3
5Collin Chandler	42	2-10	1-9	0-0	2	5	2	1	0	1	5
00Otega Oweh	43	11-24	3-8	10-12	8	7	1	1	2	2	35
1Denzel Aberdeen	38	6-11	4-8	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	2	16
23Mouhamed Dioubate	32	6-8	1-2	4-4	8	1	1	3	2	3	17
10Brandon Garrison	25	5-6	0-0	0-3	7	1	0	6	3	5	10
2Jasper Johnson	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Kam Williams	10	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3

TOTAL	-	32-6350.8%	10-2835.7%	15-2171.4%	39	19	5	11	11	17	89

Play-by-Play

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1st halfSCUUK

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Kentucky.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Santa Clara.
(19:39) Collin Chandler misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(19:36) Andrija Jelavic Offensive Rebound.
(19:30) Otega Oweh misses driving layup.
(19:27) Malachi Moreno Offensive Rebound.
(19:26) Malachi Moreno misses layup.
(19:22) Malachi Moreno Offensive Rebound.
+2 (19:22) Malachi Moreno makes 0-foot tip in layup.
02
(19:14) Brenton Knapper misses 11-foot floating jump shot.
(19:12) Otega Oweh Defensive Rebound.
+3 (19:04) Denzel Aberdeen makes 27-foot three point jumper (Andrija Jelavic assists).
05
(18:41) Brenton Knapper misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(18:38) Jake Ensminger Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:37) Jake Ensminger makes layup.
25
+3 (18:24) Otega Oweh makes 23-foot three point jumper (Malachi Moreno assists).
28
(18:04) Foul on Malachi Moreno.
+2 (17:56) Brenton Knapper makes driving layup.
48
(17:39) Malachi Moreno bad pass turnover.
(17:39) Jake Ensminger Steal.
(17:35) Elijah Mahi bad pass turnover.
(17:35) Collin Chandler Steal.
(17:16) Foul on Bukky Oboye.
(17:13) Denzel Aberdeen misses 18-foot jumper.
(17:10) Elijah Mahi Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:44) Elijah Mahi makes 14-foot jumper.
68
(16:27) Collin Chandler misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:24) Sash Gavalyugov Defensive Rebound.
(16:15) Allen Graves misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(16:12) Jake Ensminger Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:10) Sash Gavalyugov makes 6-foot jumper.
88
(15:43) Collin Chandler misses 30-foot three point jumper.
(15:41) Jake Ensminger Defensive Rebound.
(15:20) Christian Hammond misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:18) Andrija Jelavic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:10) Otega Oweh makes driving layup.
810
(15:01) Sash Gavalyugov misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:59) Brandon Garrison Defensive Rebound.
(14:57) Foul on Allen Graves.
(14:31) Denzel Aberdeen misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(14:27) Sash Gavalyugov Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:20) Christian Hammond makes 25-foot three point jumper (Thierry Darlan assists).
1110
(13:57) Otega Oweh misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(13:55) Allen Graves Defensive Rebound.
(13:54) Foul on Brandon Garrison.
(13:38) Allen Graves misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
(13:35) Mouhamed Dioubate Defensive Rebound.
(13:26) Foul on Allen Graves.
(13:08) Mouhamed Dioubate bad pass turnover.
(13:08) Thierry Darlan Steal.
(12:50) Sash Gavalyugov misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:47) Thierry Darlan Offensive Rebound.
(12:38) Sash Gavalyugov misses 8-foot floating jump shot.
(12:38) Brandon Garrison Block.
(12:36) Mouhamed Dioubate Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:28) Brandon Garrison makes layup (Otega Oweh assists).
1112
(12:28) Foul on KJ Cochran.
(12:28) Brandon Garrison misses free throw 1 of 1.
(12:28) Christian Hammond Defensive Rebound.
(12:18) Bukky Oboye misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:16) Mouhamed Dioubate Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:01) Brandon Garrison makes driving layup.
1114
+2 (11:35) Jake Ensminger makes driving layup.
1314
+2 (11:20) Brandon Garrison makes layup.
1316
(11:01) Christian Hammond misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:59) Santa Clara Deadball Team Rebound.
(10:59) Foul on Kam Williams.
(10:43) Bukky Oboye bad pass turnover.
(10:43) Mouhamed Dioubate Steal.
(10:33) Collin Chandler misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(10:30) Bukky Oboye Defensive Rebound.
(10:09) Foul on Denzel Aberdeen.
+3 (10:07) Elijah Mahi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brenton Knapper assists).
1616
+2 (9:38) Mouhamed Dioubate makes driving layup.
1618
(9:10) Jake Ensminger misses 16-foot jumper.
(9:06) Allen Graves Offensive Rebound.
(8:51) Thierry Darlan misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:47) Malachi Moreno Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:27) Otega Oweh makes driving layup.
1620
+2 (8:14) Allen Graves makes 10-foot floating jump shot (Sash Gavalyugov assists).
1820
(7:56) Collin Chandler misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(7:51) Jake Ensminger Defensive Rebound.
(7:40) Elijah Mahi misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot.
(7:38) Andrija Jelavic Defensive Rebound.
(7:26) Foul on Allen Graves.
+1 (7:26) Malachi Moreno makes free throw 1 of 2.
1821
(7:26) Malachi Moreno misses free throw 2 of 2.
(7:26) KJ Cochran Defensive Rebound.
(7:00) Christian Hammond bad pass turnover.
(7:00) Otega Oweh Steal.
+2 (6:56) Denzel Aberdeen makes 1-foot dunk.
1823
(6:44) Foul on Otega Oweh.
(6:29) Sash Gavalyugov misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:27) Otega Oweh Defensive Rebound.
(6:18) Otega Oweh misses 14-foot pullup jump shot.
(6:14) Bukky Oboye Defensive Rebound.
(6:08) Foul on Bukky Oboye.
(6:08) Bukky Oboye turnover.
(5:54) Denzel Aberdeen misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(5:51) Malachi Moreno Offensive Rebound.
(5:47) Malachi Moreno bad pass turnover.
(5:47) Jake Ensminger Steal.
+3 (5:40) Sash Gavalyugov makes 24-foot three point jumper.
2123
+3 (5:30) Mouhamed Dioubate makes 23-foot three point jumper (Otega Oweh assists).
2126
+2 (5:09) Bukky Oboye makes layup (Sash Gavalyugov assists).
2326
(4:46) Otega Oweh misses 14-foot jumper.
(4:43) Christian Hammond Defensive Rebound.
(4:35) Christian Hammond misses 12-foot jumper.
(4:35) Collin Chandler Block.
(4:33) Denzel Aberdeen Defensive Rebound.
(4:27) Mouhamed Dioubate bad pass turnover.
(4:27) Jake Ensminger Steal.
+1 (4:04) Elijah Mahi makes free throw 1 of 2.
2426
+1 (4:04) Elijah Mahi makes free throw 2 of 2.
2526
(4:04) Foul on Mouhamed Dioubate.
(3:53) Mouhamed Dioubate misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:50) Sash Gavalyugov Defensive Rebound.
(3:39) Foul on Collin Chandler.
+1 (3:39) Christian Hammond makes free throw 1 of 2.
2626
(3:39) Christian Hammond misses free throw 2 of 2.
(3:39) Mouhamed Dioubate Defensive Rebound.
(3:25) Foul on Brandon Garrison.
(3:25) Brandon Garrison turnover.
(3:11) Christian Hammond misses 10-foot jumper.
(3:08) Collin Chandler Defensive Rebound.
(2:59) Otega Oweh misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(2:56) Sash Gavalyugov Defensive Rebound.
(2:45) Sash Gavalyugov misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(2:42) Brandon Garrison Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:29) Denzel Aberdeen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Garrison assists).
2629
(2:14) Jake Ensminger misses layup.
(2:14) Brandon Garrison Block.
(2:11) Brandon Garrison Defensive Rebound.
(2:02) Brandon Garrison misses 11-foot floating jump shot.
(2:02) Bukky Oboye Block.
(1:59) Christian Hammond Defensive Rebound.
+3 (1:49) Elijah Mahi makes 24-foot three point jumper.
2929
(1:24) Otega Oweh bad pass turnover.
(1:24) Elijah Mahi Steal.
(1:09) Elijah Mahi misses 12-foot floating jump shot.
(1:06) Jake Ensminger Offensive Rebound.
(1:04) Foul on Denzel Aberdeen.
+1 (1:04) Jake Ensminger makes free throw 1 of 2.
3029
+1 (1:04) Jake Ensminger makes free throw 2 of 2.
3129
(0:49) Denzel Aberdeen misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(0:47) Elijah Mahi Defensive Rebound.
(0:19) Sash Gavalyugov misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(0:16) Mouhamed Dioubate Defensive Rebound.
(0:00) Denzel Aberdeen bad pass turnover.
(0:00) Christian Hammond Steal.

2nd half

Overtime

Team Stats

SCU

84Points89

30-73(41.1%)Field Goal(%)32-63(50.8%)

12-33(36.4%)3-Point(%)10-28(35.7%)

12-13(92.3%)Free Throw(%)15-21(71.4%)

38(12)Rebounds(Offensive)40(9)

17Assists19

8Steals5

2Blocks11

7Turnovers11

20(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

4Largest Lead7

Game Details

Friday, March 20, 2026 · 12:15 PM

Enterprise Center · St. Louis, MO

attendance: 17,192 (95.0%)

tv: CBS

spread: UK -3.5

over/under: 157.5