Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul raced past CSKA Moscow 49-98 to take the opening game in Group B of the ADIDAS NEXT GENERATION TOURNAMENT in Kaunas. Egehan Arna collected 31 points, four rebounds, nine assists, six steals and one block for a ranking of 41 while Omer Yurtseven picked up 20 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks and Ahmet Duran had 16 points and 16 rebounds for Fenerbahce, which improved to 1-0. Ercan Bayrak chipped in 14 points and eight rebounds for the winning team. CSKA Moscow dropped to 0-1 despite Daniil Trostin scoring 14 points and Andrei Lopatin collecting 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Bayrak opened the game for Fenerbahce with Lopatin hitting a free throw for CSKA’s first point to make it 1-2. Yurtseven scored eight straight points and Arna had tallied four points as Fenerbahce opened a 3-14 lead. After a three-ball by Trostin, Ugurcan Turunc and Arna knocked down treys for an 8-20 cushion. Trostin hit another long ball and the gap was 11-22 after 10 minutes. After Duran started the second quarter, Aleksandr Kuznetcov’s free throw made it 12-24 before Fenerbahce reeled off the next eight points for a 12-32 lead. Trostin hit a three for CSKA Moscow’s first basket of the quarter to pull it to 15-32. But Yurtseven and Arna combined for the next nine Fenerbahce points in opening a 16-41 advantage. The deep Turkish team continued to expand the lead to 17-49 with Duran scoring four points. CSKA Moscow closed the first half with the final five points to trim it to 22-49 at intermission.

CSKA came out of the locker room strong with Mikhail Andrianov and Alexander Kurbatov scoring and Lopatin hitting four straight points in getting the margin down to 30-51. Bayrak answered with two dunks followed by Arna’s seven straight points and Bayrak added two more scores in a 0-21 run to build a 30-72 lead. CSKA was able to score the next four points but Bayrak added two more consecutive scores for a 34-78 lead after three quarters. After Duran pushed the lead back to 45 points, Trostin scored four points and Kurbatov trimmed the gap to 41-80. Duran then sandwiched baskets around an Arna three to make it 42-87. Lopatin refused to give up with a three-ball but Duran, Efe Gunyeli, Yurtseven and Efe Kayalar scored baskets down the stretch to increase the lead to as many as 49 points.