Otega Oweh joined the list of Rupp Arena's best dunks when he posterized Texas A&M

Otega Oweh finally got one. After multiple tries throughout the season, he caught a body. The crime occurred Tuesday evening at approximately 8:41 p.m. in Rupp Arena. Kentucky had a 10-point second-half lead on Texas A&M when Oweh found an open lane, a runway rather, to the basket. To his left, A&M’s Pharrel Payne made a split-second business decision he cannot take back.

Oweh took off with his left foot from just outside of the paint as Payne–who, I will remind you, did not have to do this–soared to swat Oweh’s attempt like others had done before. When they met at the rim, Oweh punched in the one-handed dunk on Payne’s head.

OTEGA OWEH ON HIS HEAD 😤 pic.twitter.com/GyyrK9mCd6

— ESPN (@espn) January 15, 2025

Oweh’s dunk joins the list of all-time great dunks in Rupp Arena, led by the untouchable Dirk Minniefield dunk of 1983. Joe Crawford against Louisville, Darius Miller against Ole Miss and St. John’s, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist against Portland also come to mind.

Two minutes after Oweh stamped his place in history, and on Payne’s head, Oweh blew the roof off of Rupp Arena with a steal-and-slam.

Every angle of Otega Oweh’s incredible Rupp Arena poster. pic.twitter.com/I2uBWOVgyU

— KSR (@KSRonX) January 15, 2025

The Race To 10

You may not have known it, but there was drama around Oweh in the game’s final minutes. He had scored 10 or more points in all 16 games as a Wildcat, but had only seven points (and one body) against the Aggies with a minute to go. From there, he drew two fouls and went 4-for-4 from the line for 11 points in the win, continuing his streak of 10+ points in every game this season.

Oweh leads Kentucky in scoring at 15.6 points per game. He is also among the SEC’s leaders in field-goal percentage at 49.7 percent from the field while ranking 12th in the league in steals. He’s had 10 games with multiple steals, including the last five, and his four assists against A&M matched a season-high, a game after his season-high eight rebounds.

Oweh is doing it all for the Wildcats, but he may want to lay low for a little while. He could be wanted for murder after that dunk.