Regal Barcelona rolls past Fenerbahce Ulker

FC Barcelona Regal got off to a strong start in the 2012-13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 by thrashing Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul 100-78 at home on Friday. Barcelona bounced back from its only loss this season in style and sent a message that echoed all around the competition. Marcelinho Huertas and Juan Carlos Navarro led six Barcelona scorers in double digits with 14 points apiece. Navarro needs just 11 more to be the first Euroleague player to reach the 3,000-point mark. Erazem Lorbek, Pete Mickeal and Ante Tomic each had 12, while Nate Jawai scored 10 for Barcelona. Tomic added 11 rebounds for a double-double. Bojan Bogdanovic led Fenerbahce with 19 points. Romain Sato added 15 and Mike Batiste had 13 for the guests. Navarro and Lorbek combined for 17 first-quarter points to give Barcelona a 24-13 edge after 10 minutes. Barcelona improved its margin to 54-35 at halftime and then again to 92-69 with three minutes to go en route to reaching the century mark and stamping the victory.