The score was 68-62 with 1:41 left on the clock, No. 15 Kentucky in good, but not great shape to pull off the upset win over No. 5 Tennessee. The Volunteers hadn’t shot it well, but they were a couple of stops and buckets away from jumping right back in it, plenty of time remaining to pull it off.

Trent Noah secures the rebound off the Igor Milicic miss and gets the ball to Amari Williams, who gets it to Koby Brea — who had just drilled a 3-pointer to put the Cats up six a few seconds earlier. He brings it past mid court, drives left from the wing to the elbow and sees Otega Oweh cutting baseline. Coming off a career-high six assists against South Carolina, Brea continued his playmaking brilliance with the no-look lob to Oweh, who slammed it home to put Kentucky up by eight with 1:20 to go.

With all due respect to Tennessee or Rick Barnes, there was nothing the Volunteers could do at that point to kill Kentucky’s momentum. Rupp Arena absolutely exploded, the roof caving in as Big Blue Nation celebrated the season sweep in the rivalry that was just seconds away. UT called timeout and the rest was history, UK pulling away with the 11-point victory to give the Wildcats a program-record seven wins against top-15 competition.

In a night of big moments, none were bigger than Brea’s lob to Oweh.

What was it like for Brea, who finished with 11 points on 4-9 shooting and 3-6 from three while adding two assists, two steals and a rebound in 33 minutes? He calls that dime one of the biggest plays of his entire career.

Not any of his big shots, that single alley-oop lob to bring the house down.

“That was probably one of the top plays of my career, honestly,” Brea said. “Just talking to O about it, he cut at the perfect time. Once I saw him move, I was like ‘oh that’s perfect.’ It was a great feeling, man. Just to have that kind of play in a big game like that? To do it at home, that made it even more special. That was a good feeling.”