Spartak St. Petersburg remains alive in the race to reach the Last 32 after downing Radnicki Kragujevac 81-68 on Wednesday. Spartak improved to 3-5 in Group H, while Radnicki slipped to 4-4, but was able to keep the important head-to-head tiebreaker against Spartak. Yaroslav Korolev led five Spartak scorers in double figures with 20 points, Donald McGrath added 18 on 4-of-7 three-point shooting plus 7 assists, Steve Burtt Jr. posted 14 points with 7 assists, Andrey Koscheev scored 13 and Jared Homan collected 13 points with 13 rebounds and 4 assists for a performance index rating of 26. Three players scored 14 points each for Radnicki Kragujevac: Nikola Kalinic, Stefan Bircevic and Marko Marinovic, who also distributed 11 assists.

A Kalinic layup gave a 7-12 advantage to Radnicki at the midway point of the first quarter. Korolev’s three-pointer brought the hosts within 12-14 before Homan tied the score at 16-16 with a short jumper as the first quarter finished. McGrath put Spartak in front 20-18, but Bircevic’s easy layup soon gave a 23-27 cushion to the visitors. Burtt tied the game at 27-27 from the foul line, however five points in a row by Bircevic gave a 27-34 advantage to the guests. Koscheev pulled down an offensive board to score and fix the score at 31-36 for Radnicki at halftime. A Sava Lesic mid-range jumper gave a 31-38 margin to open the third quarter, but a 12-0 run with back-to-back threes by Burtt and McGrath put Spartak ahead 45-40. A Dennis Seeley three pointer fueled Radnicki to within 50-48, but Burtt, again from downtown, and Korolev with a layup to finish a fastbreak extended the difference to 58-50 at the end of the third quarter. Homan’s put back gave the first double-digit margin, 66-55, to the home team. A Bircevic triple brought the visitors as close as 68-63. Korolev, with less than three minutes left, made it 72-63. Stefan Balmazovic, from the free throw line, cut the margin to 74-68, but McGrath hit another three to seal a Spartak St. Petersburg victory.