INSEP sinks Partizan, wins Group B

U18 Pole France INSEP Paris is in the first-place game at the NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade after an 87-68 win over U18 Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade in the final match of the group stage. INSEP won Group B with a 3-0 record and will play EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in the first place game on Sunday. Partizan will be facing its arch rival U18 Crvena Zvezda Belgrade in the fifth-place game.

In this contest, INSEP won behind 22 points from Hugo Yimga Moukouri. Cameron Houindo had 12 points, and Noa Kouakou-Heugue scored 11 in the winning effort. For Partizan, Lukas Bojovic and Daris Sijaric scored 16 apiece, and Uros Danilovic scored 15 in a loss.

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U18 Pole France INSEP Paris v U18 Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade (2025-03-08T18:00:00.000Z)

Next Gen Team survives drama, edges Trento 57-58

U18 Next Gen Team Belgrade pulled out a 57-58 win against U18 Dolomiti Energia Trento to improve to 2-1 record in Group B at the NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade. Trento remained winless and will play in the seventh-place game, while Next Gen improved to 2-1, pulling out a hard-fought win just hours after its double-overtime loss against INSEP.

Apart from a 3-2 lead early in the game, Trento trailed the rest of the way, even by 16 points. But it rallied in the second half, and Patrick Hassan hit a three-pointer with 1:07 to go, to give Trento a 57-56 lead. But Federico Bottelli made two foul shots with 11 seconds to go to restore Next Gen Team’s lead. In the remaining time, Ivan Prato emphatically rejected Hassan’s attempt, then Cesare Placinschi missed a shot inside at the buzzer, as the Next Gen Team prevailed.

The winners, which need help from U18 Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade in the final game of group stage to secure a place in Sunday’s first-place game, had 11 different scorers in the low-scoring affair, but none more than Kaur Tomann’s 10 points. Hassan led Trento with 24 points.

U18 Dolomiti Energia Trento v U18 Next Gen Team Belgrade (2025-03-08T16:00:00.000Z)

Milan downs Zvezda, moves into first-place game

U18 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan is the first team to book a place in the first place game at the NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, after beating the tourney host U18 Crvena Zvezda Belgrade 96-74. Milan won Group A with a 3-0 record, while Zvezda finished in third place in the group with a 1-2 record and will feature in Sunday’s fifth place game.

The two teams were close throughout the first half, and Milan had 48-43 lead at the break. But Milan used a 12-2 run to pull away to 63-49, and never looked back.

Mattia Ceccato scored 26 points on 5-for-8 three-point shooting while Luigi Suigo had 19 points and 12 rebounds for Milan. Diego Garavaglia had 15 points, Achille Lonati 13 and Guglielmo Youssef 11 in a win. Stefan Marjanovic was Zvezda’s top scorer with 19 points, Lazar Stojkovic had 13, Andrej Lucic 12 and Jovan Bikic 11 points in defeat.

U18 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan v U18 Crvena Zvezda Belgrade (2025-03-08T14:00:00.000Z)

Joventut handles Maccabi, 72-57

U18 Joventut Badalona beat U18 Maccabi Tel Aviv 72-57 to register its second win in Group A of the NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade. Joventut finished group stage with a 2-1 record, while Maccabi is 0-3 and will play in the seventh-place game on Sunday.

Humberto Ruiz had 16 points, Saba Merebashvili scored 13, Eric Del Castillo 12 points, while Ian Latteeuw had an all-round performance with 8 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Arbel Lachmanovich had 14 points for Maccabi.

Joventut never trailed, but pulled away for good early in the third quarter thanks to a 10-0 run that opened a 55-41 lead. The margin never dropped into single digits the rest of the way.

U18 Joventut Badalona v U18 Maccabi Tel Aviv (2025-03-08T12:00:00.000Z)

INSEP edges NextGen Team in 2OT classic

U18 Pole France INSEP Paris battled for an 85-92 double-overtime win over U18 NextGen Team Belgrade in their Group B clash at the NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade on Saturday. INSEP moved to a 2-0 record, while NextGen Team dropped to 1-1.

In an exciting back-and-forth affair, INSEP rallied in the fourth quarter before Cameron Houindo made a pair of baskets in the final 70 seconds to send the game into overtime, 68-68. At the end of the first extra session, it was again Houindo and Matthys Mahop with his first field goal of the game to tie it at 75-75 and force second OT. There, Noa Kouakou-Heugue sparked a 2-9 run for INSEP to pull away to an 82-89 win, paving the way to victory.

Kouakou-Heugue paced the winners with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Hugo Yimga Moukouri had 20 points, Houindo scored 15 points and Nathan Soliman had 12 points and 8 rebounds. NextGen Team was led by Aaron Towo-Nasi who had 36 points, while Borna Katanovic scored 16 with 9 rebounds.

U18 Next Gen Team Belgrade v U18 Pole France INSEP Paris (2025-03-08T10:00:00.000Z)

Partizan holds off Trento, 81-66

In the opening game of Saturday action at the NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, U18 Partizan Mozzart Bet used a big third quarter to down U18 Dolomiti Energia Trento 81-66. Partizan improved its record to 1-1 in Group B, while Trento dropped to 0-2.

Lukas Bojovic paced Partizan with 24 points, Aleksa Kojic scored 13, Zivko Mirkovic had 11 points while Daris Sijaric collected 10 points and 9 rebounds. For Trento, Cesare Placinschi scored 16 points, Mario Machetti 13 points, while Patrick Hassan had 11 points and 10 assists.

Partizan scored the last 5 points of the second quarter, and the first 6 of the third quarter to open a 44-36 lead. The margin continued to grow as Partizan held 62-47 lead after 30 minutes, then increased it to 69-47 early in the fourth. Trento answered with a 0-13 run, but never got closer than that.

U18 Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade v U18 Dolomiti Energia Trento (2025-03-08T08:00:00.000Z)

U18 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan made it two wins from two at the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Belgrade tournament having beaten U18 Maccabi Tel Aviv 64-89 in the final game of Friday night. Maccabi is bottom of the group with a 0-2 record.

Luigi Suigo was one of the key performers for Milan, finishing with a 13-point, 12-rebound double-double in addition to 2 steals and 2 blocks. Achille Lonati led Milan in scoring with 20 points, while Omar Karem and Diego Garavaglia netted 11 points apiece. For Maccabi, Arbel Lachmanovich scored 14 points and Gabriel Artmenko poured in 10.

It was a tight first half that saw the teams go into the break with just a four-point difference, yet it was in Milan’s favor after the Italian side had won the first quarter 21-23 and the second 15-17. Milan really pulled away from Maccabi in the third frame after holding the Israeli outfit to 12 points, with the 25 points it netted allowing it to open a 48-65 advantage. To compete the job, Milan won the fourth quarter 16-24 to come away with a convincing 64-89 victory.

The Italian side had four players score in double digits

Luigi Suigo posts double-double as Milan defeats Maccabi, 64-89

U18 Maccabi Tel Aviv v U18 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (2025-03-07T18:00:00.000Z)

U18 Joventut Badalona got its first win on the board at the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Belgrade tournament after beating U18 Crvena Zvezda Belgrade 72-81 in both teams’ second game of the group stage. Joventut and Zvezda both hold a 1-1 record.

 

Two players led the way for Joventut as Ian Platteeuw and Eric del Castillo joined forces to devastating effect. Platteeuw finished with a team-high 33 PIR having posted 20 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, while Del Castillo amassed 23 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals en route to a 26 PIR. Daniel Balde also chipped in with 13 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, and Helmuts Petrovics had 12 points, 11 assists and 5 steals. Zvezda’s Stefan Marjanovic finished with 17 points and 8 rebounds, with teammates Andrej Lucic and Jovan Bikic netting 13 points apiece. Lazar Stojkovic was the hosts’ other double-digit scorer, pouring in 10 points.

 

It was Zvezda which had the better start to the contest, holding a 25-13 lead after 10 minutes, but Joventut reduced the deficit heading into halftime after a 15-20 second quarter, meaning it was 40-33 to the hosts at the interval. Joventut went to another gear on offense in the third period by scoring 29 points to Zvezda’s 23, but it was Zvezda which led 63-62 entering the final frame. The comeback attempt was completed in the fourth period as Joventut restricted Zvezda to just nine points in the quarter while scoring 19 itself, which allowed it to secure a 72-81 victory.  

The Spanish team’s duo combined for 43 points, 19 rebounds and 12 assists

Platteeuw, Del Castillo lead Joventut past Crvena Zvedza, 72-81

U18 Crvena Zvezda Belgrade v U18 Joventut Badalona (2025-03-07T16:00:00.000Z)

INSEP gives Trento no chance, 72-43

U18 Pole France INSEP Paris grabbed its first win at NextGen Belgrade by thrashing U18 Dolomiti Energia Trento 72-43 in Group B. Nathan Soliman paced the winners with 18 points and 8 rebounds. Noa Koaukou-Heugue added 14 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists while Meissa Faye had 13 points and 8 rebounds for INSEP. Patrick Hassan led Trento with 8 points. 

Soliman had 12 points before the break to lead INSEP to a 35-22 lead at halftime. INSEP did not slow down after the break, boosting its margin to 60-33 at the end of the third quarter and cruising to a well-deserved victory. 

U18 Pole France INSEP Paris v U18 Dolomiti Energia Trento (2025-03-07T14:00:00.000Z)