Mega ease past Olimpija

U18 Mega Bemax Belgrade tipped off its Adidas Next Generation Tournament Belgrade with a comfortable 74-61 victory over U18 Petrol Olimpija Ljubljana in Group B. Marko Andric scored 17 points for Mega while Bosko Bumbic had 12 points and Aleksandar Langovic picked up 10 points and 12 rebounds. Alen Malovcic was Olimpija’s top scorer with 16 points with Kim Klavzar contributing 12 points and 5 assists and Jan Sagadin tallying 10 points.

Olimpija jumped out to a 2-6 lead and it was 7-12 and then 9-15 as Malovcic tallied 9 points. But the Slovenian side went scoreless the final 3:45 minutes of the first quarter and Andric scored 4 points as Mega went up 19-15 after 10 minutes. Bumbic’s basket early in the second period made it 25-18 but Olimpija followed with a 1-7 spurt to pull within 26-25. Mega responded with a 10-2 surge to move ahead 38-29 and led 41-31 at halftime. After Bumbic converted a three-point play early in the second half to push the margin to 46-31, Olimpija put together a mini 0-8 run with three-pointers from Klavzar and Sagadin to cut the deficit to 46-39. Mega punched back with an 8-1 surge and led 54-40. And the advantage was 57-45 after three quarters. Klavzar opened the fourth quarter with a three-pointer to cut it to single digits 57-48 and another Sagadin trey had Olimpija within 62-53. But two baskets by Stefan Agoc increased the margin to 68-53 and after Olimpija scored four points, Mega put the game away for good with the next seven points for a 75-57 advantage.