U18 Movistar Estudiantes Madrid will play for third place at the EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL ADIDAS NEXT GENERATION TOURNAMENT Qualifying Tournament Coin after beating U18 USK Future Stars Prague 58-39. Pablo Suarez tallied 13 points for Estudiantes, which took second place in Group A with a 2-1 record. Hector Alderete added 10 points and 4 rebounds in the win. Estudiantes will take on the second placed team from Group B in the game for third place. Radek Farsky collected 7 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals for Prague, which finished group play at 1-2 and next takes on the third place team from Group B for fifth place.

Both teams started sluggish on offense with Estudiantes leading 7-4 after nearly 6 minutes - thanks to five points from Pablo Suarez. Prague managed just one basket from Patrick Samoura in the final 7:21 minutes of the first quarter while Estudiantes went up 13-6 after one quarter. Alex Tamayo hit five points in helping Estudiantes push the advantage to 20-8. Prague took advantage of going to the free throw line in the second quarter early in getting to within 25-19. But Suarez nailed a three-pointer to give Estudiantes a 28-19 advantage at intermission. Prague’s offensive struggles continued with just two baskets in the third quarter while 14-year-old Alderete picked up four points in a 10-0 spurt that had Estudiantes up 43-21. The gap was 45-24 after three quarters. Estudiantes did not let Prague get back into the game at all with Alderete adding two more baskets and Jose Fernandez drained a three-pointer for a 52-28 cushion with 4 minutes to play. Prague did not get closer than 19 points the rest of the way.