Fenerbahce takes 74-80 road win home from Milan

Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul put itself in great position to reach the Top 16 by invading Milan and coming away with an impressive 74-80 road decision over EA7 Emporio Armani on Thursday. Fenerbahce needed great composure as Milan tried to rally late, and got it from Nemanja Bjelica, who had 6 points and a big defensive play in the final minute to seal the victory. Fenerbahce raised its record to 4-2, maintaining its second-place tie with Panathinaikos Athens. Milan can still call all-important fourth place its own despite falling to 2-4. Milan's defense focused on denying the Euroleague's leading scorer, Andrew Goudelock, and indeed limited him to 5 shots, of which he hit all but one for 9 points. In the absence of his extra points, Ricky Hickman led the winners with 14, Semih Erden had 12 and 7 rebounds, while Bjelica scored 11 to go with 8 rebounds. MarShon Brooks scored all of his 17 points while trying to rally Milan from double-digit in the second half. The hosts got as close as 71-74 with 21 seconds left, but Bjelica and Hickman made 6 of 6 free throws after that to secure the win. Samardo Samuels had 13 points for Milan and David Moss 11, while Daniel Hackett added 9 and 10 rebounds. Alessandro Gentile scored 6 points in 15 minutes before halftime for Milan but didn't play the second half after suffering an injury.