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Otega Oweh's issues are about 'playing hard, having effort, 100%' -- which shouldn't happen as the SEC Preseason Player of the Year

The counting stats have been fine for Otega Oweh in his second and final season as a Kentucky Wildcat — not the All-SEC production we saw throughout his junior year, which is why he was named SEC Preseason Player of the Year, but fine. He’s averaging 12.8 points on 43/29/88 splits with 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per contest, similar to what he brought to the table at Oklahoma, which was good enough for Mark Pope to recruit him out of the transfer portal to begin with.

In the two games that have actually mattered against name-brand competition, though, he’s shooting a combined 8-25 overall (32%) and 3-11 from three (27%) with six total turnovers.