U18 Tofas Bursa collected the first victory of its history in the Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament by rallying to defeat U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade 66-72 in Group A of the ANGT Belgrade. Tofas, which had lost all of its eight games over the last two seasons, came back from 10 points down late in the third quarter with a 3-20 run and held on to win and move to 1-0 in Group A. Baran Yurdusen scored 22 points with 8 rebounds to lead Tofas. Berke Buyuktuncel and Ege Demir both added 10 points in the victory. Partizan, which finished first in the ANGT Belgrade in 2020, dropped to 0-1 as Marko Krstic's 22 points were not enough. Efe Tahmaz also had 12 points in the loss.
U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade 66-72 U18 Tofas Bursa
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Defense was the name of the game at the beginning, as the score was just 4-4 after 5 minutes. Yurdusen moved to 6 points as Tofas led 4-8 after more than 7 minutes. Marko Tojagic hit a triple for Partizan but Abdullah Aksoy had 4 points and Buyuktuncel converted a four-point play for a 7-18 lead after 10 minutes. Partizan held Tofas scoreless for the first 2 minutes of the second quarter while a pair of triples by Krstic made it 16-20. Krstic added 4 points and Partizan took the lead 27-26 on a Tahmaz tip-in. And the Serbian side led 33-31 at halftime.
Bodgan Zagradannin scored 7 points as Partizan extended the lead to 42-35. Tofas had cut the margin to 3 points but Partizan hit 7 straight points to open a double-digit lead 49-39, which was 49-41 after 30 minutes. A three-pointer by Krstic made it 52-42 but Tofas put together a 3-20 run to surge ahead 55-62. Partizan did not give up and pulled within 63-66 with 80 seconds left. Ege Demir answered with a big put-back dunk. Then, trailing 65-68 with 26 seconds remaining, Partizan turned the ball over on an inbounds play that soon left Tofas celebrating.