Bayern beats fellow Germans Ulm for 2-0 mark

U18 FC Bayern Munich improved to 2-0 at the Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament Munich as the host club beat fellow German side U18 ratiopharm Ulm 77-88 in Group A. Sasha Grant paced four Bayern players in double figures with 33 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists for a PIR of 39 while Simonas Lukosius had 15 points, Filip Skobalj scored 12 points and Linus Hoffmann picked up 10 points. Ulm dropped its second straight game despite Igor Milicic scoring 19 points while Andrija Grbovic had 16 points and Aleksa Bulajic chipped in 12 points.

Luis Wulff opened the game with a three-pointer for the home side with Grbovic giving Ulm its first lead 4-3. Grant responded with 6 points as Bayern moved back in front 8-14. Four more points from Grbovic brought Ulm within 15-16 before Grant’s four points kickstarted an 0-11 run and Bayern led 18-27 after 10 minutes. Lukosius converted a three-point play and hit a trey early in the second quarter as Bayern increased its edge to 20-35. Two Milicic baskets and treys from Konrad Stark and Moritz Heck cut the margin to 33-38. But Bayern finished strong with the final six points - four of them coming from Grant - for a 35-46 lead at the break. A Skobalj trey early in the third quarter pushed the cushion to 36-55 and it was 41-58 after Grant’s and-one. Ulm got itself back into the game with an 11-0 run thanks to six points from Milicic. Heck and David Fuchs both knocked down triples for Ulm, and the deficit was 58-67 after 30 minutes. Ulm remained close with a Grbovic triple and a three-point play from Bulajic to make it 67-73. Grant got out on the break for two dunks as Bayern punched back with six straight points and it was 67-79. Skobalj picked up four points for Bayern and Ulm could not get closer than 10 points until the final free throws.