CSKA Moscow beat Porsche B Akademie Ludwigsburg 64-52 on Saturday, in the last game for both teams at the Kaunas NIJT Qualifying Tournament. With the victory CSKA finished the tournament with 1-2 record in the third place of Group A, while Ludwigsburg has 0-3 record in the fourth place. Mikhail Maleyko amassed 15 points, 11 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocks to pace the winners. Timofey Yakushin netted 13 points, and Maxim Morozov scored 10 for CSKA. Mahir Agva scored 13 points, pulled down massive 20 rebounds and had 4 steals to lead Ludwigsburg. Jan Niklas Wimberg also scored 13 points, and Robert Drijencic bagged 12 in defeat. CSKA led from start to finish. Behind Yakushin and Vladislav Staratev, it opened the game with an 11-1 run. Agva got Ludwigsburg going, and Simon Kutzschmar had a triple and a layup to cut it to 13-11. Teams traded baskets the rest of the half, as Maleyko scored 10 points before the end of the second quarter and CSKA held 29-21 halftime lead. After the break, Wimberg and Drijencic got Ludwigsburg within 32-30, but Alexander Gavrilov hit a triple to spark a 7-0 for the Russian side to maintain the lead, before Andrey Korolyatin’s steal and a fastbreak layup made it 44-34. Wimberg and Drijencic kept Ludwigsburg’s hope alive, and Lucien Schmikale sank one from downtown, cutting it to 52-46. But Kirill Pisklov and Yakushin replied with back-to-back triples to open a 12-point lead, and seal the deal.