Russia withstood a powerful Turkish inside one-two punch to collect an 82-72 victory in Group F of the U18 European Championship Men.

Pavel Antipov tallied 22 points to pace Russia while Maxim Grigoryev added 19 and Vladimir Pichkurov had 18 in helping Alexey Vadeev's team move to 2-1 in the Qualifying Round.

Turkey dropped to 1-2 despite Enes Kanter collecting 26 points and 22 rebounds and low post partner Mükremin Kilicli pouring in 27 points while grabbing eight rebounds. But it was not enough as no other player scored more than five points for Taner Günay's team.

The score was knotted early at 6-6 before Russia went on an 8-0 run over two minutes to open a 14-6 lead. Can M. Mutaf ended the drought with a three-pointer only to have Pichkurov extend the margin back to eight points - 18-10. But Kanter and Kilicli continued their fine game in closing it to 18-16 after one period.

Antipov started the second with back-to-back three-balls but Russia continued to struggle with Turkey's inside combination of Kilicli and Kanter, the latter of which gave Günay's team the lead 30-29. Antipov, however, hit two straight baskets and the Russians were ahead 38-31 at half-time.

Grigoryev opened the second half with a triple and then Evgeny Valiev's three-ball pushed Russia's lead to 48-34 with Grigoryev making it 56-37. Kanter did all he could to keep Turkey in the game, converting a three-point play to trim the deficit to 64-57.

Russia, however, led 66-58 after three periods, and Antipov was just too much for the Turks as he gave Vadeev's side a 76-64 advantage with four minutes to play. Kilicli brought Turkey to within 76-70 only to see Antipov connect again and Grigoryev knock down a trey to decide the game.