Mega too much for Fenerbahce

U18 Mega Bemax Belgrade picked up its second win in two games at the Adidas Next Generation Tournament Belgrade with a comfortable 81-64 victory over U18 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. Marko Brekic totalled 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals for Mega, which improved to 2-0 in Group B. Marko Andric added 16 points, Aleksandar Langovic had 15 and Stefan Agoc scored 10 points for Mega. David Mutaf picked up 20 points and Ismail Karabilen had 16 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals for Fenerbahce, which dropped to 0-2.

Langovic picked up 7 early points as Mega led 9-8. Mutaf took over for a few possessions with three-pointers sandwiched around a three-point play as Fenerbahce went up 9-17. But Mega held Fenerbahce scoreless the final 4 minutes of the quarter and hit the final 13 points for a 22-17 advantage after 10 minutes. Alp Kepenc opened the second quarter with the first four points to get Fenerbahce within 22-21. And the score was 27-25 before Mega went on a 14-2 surge over the final 4 minutes of the first half to lead 41-27 at the break. Emre Eksikoglu’s three-point play started the second half to cut the deficit to 11 points and it was 43-32 when Marko Kljajevic tallied 5 points in an 11-2 run to pull ahead 54-34. Fenerbahce could not really cut into the gap as Mega led still 60-40 until the Turkish side hit the final 5 points of the quarter to trail 60-45 after 30 minutes. Fenerbahce started hitting some shots from long range with Mutaf and Karabilen both nailing one three-pointer and Ekrem Sancakli draining two from outside to make it 64-57 with 5 minutes left. But Langovic and Brekic knocked down back-to-back three-balls of their own and the lead was back to 17 points, 74-57 a minute later. And Fenerbahce would not get closer than 13 points the rest of the way.