Bisons Loimaa picked up a critical victory, beating Radnicki Kragujevac 75-73 to tighten things in Group H. Bisons gave up an 11-point fourth quarter lead and needed two free throws by Billy Keys with 10 seconds to win the game and improve to 3-4 in the group. John Williamson led the way for Bisons with 28 points and 8 rebounds, while Mikko Koivisto nailed 5 three-pointers in scoring 18 points to go with 6 rebounds. Keys added 11 points for the winners. Radnicki dropped 4-3 in the group despite Mouphtaou Yarou’s monster night of 27 points, 18 rebounds and 9 fouls drawn. Marko Marinovic and Dusan Mladen both added 13 points in a losing effort.

Koivisto nailed an early three in opening a 5-1 lead and knocked down another long ball to make it 8-5. Nikola Kalinic got Radnicki to within 10-9 before Frank Robinson increased the lead to 16-10. The guests cut it to 16-14 but another Koivisto trey gave the hosts a 21-14 lead after one quarter. Kragujevac had the deficit to 23-18 when Koivisto nailed two more triples and then Keys joined the party with two three-pointers of his own in a 12-0 Loimaa run to open a 35-18 cushion. Radnicki punched right back with a 2-11 surge, with Mladan scoring five points including a long ball to get back to within 37-29. At the intermission, the hosts were up 42-31. Mladan opened the second half with a three-pointer and Yarou’s three-point play made it 46-39. Williamson scored two straight baskets to make it 50-39. But Mladan and Marinovic both knocked down long balls in an 0-11 run to knot the game at 50-50. After a Bisons basket, Mladan’s free throw made it 52-51. The guests would go scoreless the rest of the quarter as Loimaa was up 56-51 after 30 minutes. The run spanning the final two quarters ended up being 12-0 as the hosts built a 64-51 lead. Yarou snapped the 5 minute scoreless drought with a three-point play but Williamson scored to give Bisons a 68-57 lead with 5 minutes to play. But Yarou sparked a 5-16 Radnicki run with 8 points, and Marinovic knotted the game at 73-73 with 35 seconds to play. Keys made two fouls shots with 10 seconds left, before Marinovic missed his three-point attempt at the buzzer to give Bisons the win.