U18 Next Generation Team Varese started its Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament Varese campaign with a comfortable 63-80 win over host side and debutant U18 Varese Academy. NGV gained control of the Group A game with a 5-19 run in the third quarter. Zacharie Perrin was NGV’s leading scorer with 19 points to go with 12 rebounds and 8 fouls drawn for a 32 PIR while Leonardo Marangon had 15 points and Ege Tan Yildizoglu chipped in 7 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. Wei Zhou was Varese’s top scorer with 13 points along with 4 assists and 5 steals and Valdo Guimdo had 10 points.
NGV pulls away from host Varese in third quarter
Game Report
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NGV started the game with the first seven points and it took Varese more than 2 minutes to finally score through Filipovic Jovan and a Lorenzo Dell’Anna three-pointer made it 6-9. The selection team responded with the next 10 points for a 6-19 lead. Karl Poom picked up four points at the other end in a 9-0 spurt to pull within four points and the score was 15-21 after 10 minutes. Perrin started the second quarter scoring with Vuk Bogunovic cutting the gap to 19-23. Varese went 4 minutes without a point and NGV moved ahead 19-27. Giorgio Franceschi’s triple made it 23-32 and the score was 27-33 at intermission.
Dell’Anna scored the first basket of the second half but NGV started the third quarter strongly with a 5-19 run including six points each from Perrin and Dorde Curcic for a 33-52 lead. Varese got some defensive stops and Benjamin Marchiaro drained a three-pointer to get the host side within 41-52. NGV finished the quarter with the final six points and it was 41-58 after 30 minutes. Mattia De Martin opened the final frame with a three-pointer and NGV extended the advantage to 41-65. Guimo made sure Varese would not give up without a fight with five points and Jovan and Zhou drained three-pointers and the deficit was just 58-70 with 3 minutes to play. But that was the closest the game would get.