Mega blasts past Stellazzurra for 2-0 record

U18 Mega SoccerBet Belgrade remained perfect at the 2021 Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament Finals with a resounding 104-70 victory over U18 Stellazzurra Rome. Mega took control of the game with a 28-8 run spanning the first and second quarters to move to 2-0 in Group B. Nikola Djurisic just missed a triple-double with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists to lead the way for Mega, which reached the ANGT Championship Game in 2017 and 2019. Nikola Jovic collected 20 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists, while Oleksandr Kobzystyi had 18 points, Tomislav Ivisic picked up 17 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists and Luka Bogavac added 15 points in the win. Stellazzurra dropped to 0-2 despite Rokas Jocys scoring 31 points. Matteo Visintin had 12 points and Kevin Ndzie chipped in 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Visintin picked up four points as Stellazzurra was up 2-4 early. After starting slow in the Day 1 win over U18 Valencia Basket, Mega got rolling right away with the next eight points. And it was 12-9 when Mega reeled off a 17-2 run for a 29-11 lead, which was 29-13 after 10 minutes. A Bogavac three-pointer increased the lead to 21 points - 38-17. Stellazzurra started to score a bit more consistently, especially Jocys, who had 16 points in the final 6 minutes of the half to pull the team within 11 points. The Mega advantage was 51-39 at the breaak.

Mega made sure Stellazzurra didn’t get any thoughts of a comeback starting the second half with a 17-2 surge with Ivisic, Danilo Labovic and Jovic all hitting triples for a 68-43 lead. Stellazzurra just didn’t have the firepower - or the defense to stop Mega, which was up 83-55 after 30 minutes. Mega used the fourth quarter to continue to integrate its two new players Ivisic and Bogavac and 10 straight points increased the lead to 93-58. But the final result was never in doubt.