U18 Porsche Basketball Academy Ludwigsburg will play for third place at the EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL ADIDAS NEXT GENERATION TOURNAMENT Qualifying Tournament Marko Ivkovic Belgrade after beating U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade 75-67 in overtime for its second victory. Mateo Seric collected 18 points, 11 rebounds, 4 steals and 9 fouls drawn as Ludwigsburg finished Group A play with a 2-1 record in second place. Thorben Doeding chipped in 17 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 10 fouls received for Ludwigsburg, which will face the second placed team from Group B on Sunday for third place in the tournament. Ludwigsburg has already secured its best-ever finish at an ANGT. Partizan lost its third game despite Tadija Tadic picking up 12 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals. Partizan will take on the last placed team from Group B for seventh place on Sunday.

Matthew Meredith hit a three-pointer and Seric scored four points as Ludwigsburg built up an 11-2 lead early on. Filip Segota ended a nearly 4-minute scoreless stretch for Partizan but Quirin Emanga nailed a three-ball and another basket as Ludwigsburg was up 16-9 after 10 minutes. Four points from Mateja Jovanovic got the gap to 18-13 and 2001-born Stevan Karapandzic picked up five points and Ljubo Popovic scored back-to-back baskets to help Partizan trim the gap to 29-28. Ludwigsburg was leading 31-28 at intermission. Doeding knocked down two three-pointers for Ludwigsburg, which was leading 40-30. But Boris Latinovic hit from long range for Partizan and Tadic scored six straight points in a 3-15 surge to end the third quarter with a 43-45 advantage. Meredith started the fourth quarter with a three-pointer to put Ludwigsburg back ahead. But Karapandzic responded with a trey of his own and Partizan forged ahead 46-52. Ludwigsburg punched back with an 8-0 spurt to reclaim the lead 54-52. Ludwigsburg was up 61-57 when Bogdan Rutesic knocked down a three-pointer with 16 seconds left in regulation. Seric split two free throws with 13 seconds remaining to make it 62-60 before Karapandzic hit a tough layup at the buzzer to force the game into overtime. In the extra session, the game was even at 67-67 but Partizan failed to score in the final 2 minutes and Seric and Doeding combined for six points in the final 8-0 run for the win.