Zvezda roll past Cedevita to remain perfect

U18 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade rolled to an easy 102-59 victory over U18 Cedevita Zagreb to remain undefeated at the Adidas Next Generation Tournament Belgrade. Lazar Vasic paced six players in double figures with 15 points for the 2014 continental champion Zvezda, which has now won 38 straight ANGT Belgrade games dating back to 2011. Vukasin Masic and Bojan Tomasevic both scored 14 points, Nikola Manojlovic and Marko Pavicevic had 12 each and Nemanja Popovic chipped in 10 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks. Cedevita dropped to 0-3 despite Daniel Pavicic and Zvonimir Stunja both picking up 14 points and Vito Strunjak had 10 points.

Zvezda came out pressuring Cedevita and jumped ahead 13-4. Aleksa Gataric had 5 points at the other end to try to keep Cedevita close at 18-13. But Tomasevic had 4 points in a 10-4 Zvezda spurt to lead 28-17 after 10 minutes. Manojlovic came off the Zvezda bench for 7 points as the host side scored the first 13 points of the quarter to pull ahead 41-17. And Zvezda ended the first half on a 9-2 run to lead 52-25 at the break. Strunjak scored 6 points in the early going of the second half as Cedevita trailed 56-31. And three-pointers from Gataric and Pavicic trimmed the gap to 65-39. But Zvezda finished the third quarter on a 13-4 run to lead 78-43 after 30 minutes. Vasic knocked down two three-pointers for Zvezda to help combat any comeback thoughts Cedevita may have had as Stunja scored 8 points for the Croatian side, which was never closer than 34 points in the final frame.