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@KYKernelSports Men’s tennis is in Columbia, S.C. facing off against USC Gamecocks. Kentucky has lost the doubles point. Singles lineups will be posted shortly. Follow this thread for more updates ⬇️

FINAL UK: 89 Santa Clara: 84 Oweh scored a career-high 35 points while Dioubate had 17 pts, Aberdeen had 16 pts, and Garrison had 10 points. UK shot 50.8% from the field and 35.7% from deep.

We are about 25 minutes away from No. 7 seed Kentucky men’s basketball’s Round of 64 matchup against No. 10 seed Santa Clara. Tipoff is set for 12:15 p.m. ET. Follow this thread, @TylerJRuss and @jensreporting for live game coverage and updates from St. Louis!

Santa Clara Timeout OT — 0:48 UK: 83 Santa Clara: 79 Oweh is up to 33 pts as UK holds a four-point advantage with less than a minute to go in OT.

End of Regulation UK: 73 Santa Clara: 73 Oweh keeps UK’s season alive with a half-court game tying 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Timeout Kentucky H2 — 0:24 UK: 68 Santa Clara: 70 Kentucky has the ball with 0:24 to go. Need a two at least.

Timeout Kentucky H2 — 1:25 UK: 68 Santa Clara: 70 It’ll be UK ball following the timeout. Desperation time now for the Cats.

Media Timeout H2 — 3:41 UK: 67 Santa Clara: 64 UK holds a 3-point lead with less than four minutes to go. Santa Clara is on a 2:03 scoreless drought while the Cats have made 5 of their last 7 FG’s.

Media Timeout H2 — 7:47 UK: 55 Santa Clara: 59 The Broncos have faught back and now hold a 4-point lead with less than eight minutes to go. Santa Clara has made six of its last seven FG attempts.

Media Timeout H2 — 11:45 UK: 51 Santa Clara: 47 UK has started to find some rhythm, currently shooting 7-11 from the field and 4-6 from deep.

Media Timeout H2 — 13:21 UK: 46 Santa Clara: 44 After a fast-paced start to the second half, UK leads 46-44. Kentucky is 5-9 from the field and 3-5 from downtown this half. Oweh has 9 second half points and is up to 16 points on the game now.

BREAKING NEWS🚨🚨: With that three-pointer, Otega Oweh now holds the Kentucky record for most points scored in a two-year span, passing Bill Spivey’s 1,213. #BBN #GoBigBlue #KentuckyMBB

The second half is underway!

HALFTIME UK: 29 Santa Clara: 31 The Cats head into the break down a basket. UK had four turnovers through the last 5:30 and closed the half on a 2:29 scoreless drought. Aberdeen had a team-high eight points.

Media Timeout H1 — 3:39 UK: 26 Santa Clara: 25 Santa Clara’s Christian Hammond is heading to the free-throw line after this timeout, shooting two shots. He has the opportunity to give the Broncos a 1-point lead.

Timeout Santa Clara H1 — 4:27 UK: 26 Santa Clara: 23 Kentucky is 11-24 from the field and 3-11 from deep. The Broncos are 10-25 from the field and 3-12 from deep.

Media Timeout H1 — 7:26 UK: 20 Santa Clara: 18 Kentucky has made five of its last seven field goal attempts and leads by two points with 7:26 to go. Oweh has seven points and Garrison has six points.

Media Timeout H1 — 11:35 UK: 14 Santa Clara: 13 The Cats hold a one-point lead after back-to-back buckets from Garrison. UK is 6-14 from the field and 2-7 from deep.

Media Timeout H1 — 15:10 UK: 10 Santa Clara: 8 The Cats got off to an early start, leading 8-2. The Broncos settled in and went on a 6-0 run. Oweh has five points.

And we are underway in St. Louis!

Kentucky starting five: 00 - Otega Oweh 1 - Denzel Aberdeen 5 - Collin Chandler 4 - Andrija Jelavic 24 - Malachi Moreno