Spars Sarajevo finished its ADIDAS NEXT GENERATION TOURNAMENT with a second victory in beating Unicaja Malaga 70-67 in the final game of group action. Edin Atic collected 17 points, six rebounds, four assists and six steals for Spars, which finished Group B with a 2-1 record. Fahrudin Manjgafic added 15 points and nine rebounds and Adnan Arslanagic chipped in 13 points in the win. Unicaja ended with a 1-2 mark despite Rares Uta scoring 24 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Viny Okouo also had a double-double with 15 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks while Romaric Belemene scored 15 points.

Unicaja went ahead 0-3 before Ajdin Penava gave Spars its first lead at 5-3. It was 10-9 when Spars reeled off six straight points to open a 16-9 cushion. After Emir Ahmedic increased the margin to 18-10, Jose Rodriguez drained a three-ball as the Spanish club made it 18-16. The Spars advantage was 21-18 after one quarter. Spars opened the second quarter with six straight points and Amar Gegic’s steal and dunk gave the Bosnian club its first double-digit lead at 31-21. Ahmedic’s basket pushed that cushion to 12 points 33-21. Belemene fought hard to keep Unicaja in the game, getting the deficit to 33-27. But Manjgafic swelled the lead back to 12 points 41-29. The score was 45-35 at intermission.

Atic increased the lead to 13 points early in the second half with a three-ball for 52-39. Belemene would not let Unicaja go down without a fight, scoring four points in getting the margin to 52-48. Spars punched back with Manjgafic draining two three-pointers as the lead moved back to 12 points, 63-51. It was 63-53 after 30 minutes. Uta opened the fourth quarter with two baskets to get Unicaja within 63-57. But Arslanagic hit a three-pointer and two free throws for a 70-59 lead with five minutes to play. Uta got the gap down to 70-65 with a three-point play with 3:27 minutes to play. But the Spanish club failed to score in its next five possessions.