Oklahoma transfer Otega Oweh has committed to Kentucky, a source tells 247Sports.
The 6-foot-5, 215-pound guard out of Newark (N.J) averaged 11.4 points and 3.8 rebounds for Oklahoma last season while shooting 37.7 percent from three.
Oweh chose the Wildcats over Oregon and Texas A&M. He is ranked No. 24 overall in the 2024 247Sports college basketball transfer rankings and the No. 5 small forward.
Oweh is the third transfer commit for Kentucky under new head coach Mark Pope. Oweh joins Amari Williams and Lamont Butler in pledging to UK for this transfer cycle.
247Sports director of Scouting Adam Finkelstein provided a scouting report on Oweh:
Coming out of high school, Oweh was known as a strong and athletic wing who could attack downhill and had the tools to evolve into an impactful defender. Both of those things have proven to be true during his two years at Oklahoma. He started 9 of 28 games as a freshman, averaging almost 5 points in 13 minutes per night. This year as a sophomore, he started 28 of 32, played roughly 25 minutes per game, and averaged 11 points, nearly 4 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1.5 steals. He pushed those totals to 15 points per game in league play.
What was unexpected though, was the progression of his shooting, albeit in a very limited sample size. Oweh made just one three-pointer his entire freshman season. This year he made 20, while shooting 38% from behind the arc. The shooting is still a big variable in his game, but he’s progressed enough so that opposing defenses can’t leave him totally unchecked from behind the three-point line.
Oweh is still at his best getting downhill, playing through contact, and finishing above the rim. The extent to which he can force opposing defenders to close-out on him, only opens up those opportunities. Defensively, his size and strength make him not only impactful on and off the ball, but also versatile and capable of guarding multiple positions.
