Mark Pope reveals Otega Oweh injury, gives update on status

Otega Oweh Continues Impressive Conference Play, Leads SEC in 20-Point Games

Since Otega Oweh set foot on Kentucky’s campus, the New Jersey native has been a fan favorite and has shown up on multiple occasions in big moments for the Wildcats. Trailing his 2024-25 campaign, where he averaged 16.2 points per game on 49.2% shooting from the field, the star guard had high expectations entering the 2025-26 season. Well, that’s an understatement. Oweh received All-SEC honors in the preseason and was even named as the SEC Prese…

Pope Being Cautious With Oweh's Ankle Injury

Otega Oweh will face his former team on Wednesday night, and Kentucky coach Mark Pope wants to make sure his standout player is fully healthy against Oklahoma. Oweh, who has scored double figures in all 22 games this season and scored 24 points in the Wildcats’ 85-77 win at Arkansas on Saturday night, has been dealing with “a little bit of an ankle injury.” He was limited in his practice for the contest against the Razorbacks and was not full sp…

Mark Pope reveals Otega Oweh injury, gives update on status

Kentucky coach Mark Pope gave an update on star guard Otega Oweh during his media availability on Monday. Pope revealed that Oweh suffered an ankle injury prior to Kentucky‘s win over Arkansas last week. He said Oweh was limited in practice due to the injury and UK remained “cautious” with his health on Monday. “He’s actually coming off a little bit of an ankle injury so he didn’t practice a whole lot two days leading up,” Pope said. “We were a …