Hot prospect Nikola Topic makes history in Crvena Zvezda's crushing ABA win / News - Basketnews.com

Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade (20-2) cruised past last-placed ABA League team KK Krka Novo Mesto (4-18) 76-56 (18-15, 27-9, 19-14, 12-18).

Points this season

45%72,9Points made:72,9Accuracy:45,2%Place in standings:16Record max:86Record min:57Best scorer:Nikola KalinicTeamEuroLeagueStatisticsSchedule

With this win, the Red Star overtook Partizan Belgrade and settled down in first ABA League place.

EuroLeague's squad opened up the second quarter with a 15-3 run to gain a 15-point advantage (33-18). From that time, they never looked back and got a cruising victory.

Ognjen Kuzmic was the top performer for the winners, scoring 9 points (4/7 2PT, 1/1 FT), grabbing 11 rebounds, and collecting 16 PIR.

It was a special day for 16-year-old Nikola Topic, who set the new club record as he became the youngest ever player to score points for Zvezda in the ABA League.

The hot prospect finished the game with 4 points (1/3 2PT, 0/2 3PT, 2/2 FT), 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 3 turnovers, and 1 PIR over 16 minutes.

Nikola is the son of Red Star legend Milenko Topic.

Crvena Zvezda: Ognjen Kuzmic 9 (11 REB), Nate Wolters 9, Nikola Ivanovic 8, Stefan Lazarevic 8, Aaron White 8.

KK Krka: Rok Stipcevic 17, Miha Skedelj 7 (8 REB), Jurij Macura 6 (7 REB).

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