Goudelock leads Fenerbahce past Olimpia Milano

Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul got a winning start to its Turkish Airlines Euroleague campaign, after pulling out 77-74 win over the visiting EA7 Emporio Armani Milan on Friday night. Fenerbahce had a flying start behind Andrew Goudelock, who pushed the hosts to 26-15 lead, but Milan rallied behind Nicolo Melli, who strung together 10 points in a 0-13 run late in the second quarter, helping the visitors to 41-43 halftime lead. Teams stayed close, changing leads throughout the second half, as the game went down to the wire. David Moss made a steal and a dunk to put Milan up 68-69 with 3 minutes to go, but Ricky Hickman and Goudelock knocked down triples that lifted Fenerbahce to victory. Goudelock finished with 19 points, Nemanja Bjelica scored 11, and Hickman tallied 9. Oguz Savas, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Luka Zoric scored 8 apiece. Alessandro Gentile netted 15 for Milan, while Samardo Samuels and Nicolo Melli each had 12 points plus 8 rebounds in defeat.