Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari improved its chances to reach the Eurocup Last 16 in Group H by downing Cajasol Seville 76-85 in Spain on Wednesday. Both teams tie for second place in Group H, each with a 2-3 record, but Sassari is second due to its tie-break advantage against Cajasol. Sassari will reach the Last 16 if it beats Orleans Loiret Basket next week or if Cajasol loses against Group H champion Crvena Zvezda Diva Belgrade. Drake Diener paced the winners with 31 points on 7-of-9 three-point shots. Bootsy Thornton added 21 while Travis Diener had a double-double of 11 points and 10 assists for Sassari. Latavious Williams and Brian Asbury led Cajasol with 16 points apiece. Williams added 12 rebounds for a double-double. Tomas Satoransky had 13 points while Milenko Tepic and Luka Bogdanovic each got 10 for the hosts. Three-pointers by the Diener cousins and Thornton allowed Sassari to get an early 5-14 lead. Asbury and Satoransky kept Cajasol within 18-23 late in the first quarter. Drake Diener and Thornton fueled a 0-15 run that broke the game open, 18-38. Sassari kept a 31-47 margin at halftime. Nothing changed in the second half, as Sassari managed to keep a double-digit lead almost all the way until the final buzzer.

Thornton and Drake Diener got Sassari going with back-to-back three-pointers. Satoransky and Asbury answered with consecutive driving layups to keep Cajasol within 4-6. Tepic split free throws but Travis Diener and Thornton combined for all points a 0-8 run that gave Sassari a 5-14 lead. Satoransky kept pacing Cajasol with a layup-plus-foul that Asbury followed with a mid-range jumper. Tony Easley and Drake Diener shined with consecutive baskets for a 10-18 Sassari edge. Satoransky scored in transition but Drake Diener bettered that with a triple. Bogdanovic nailed a long jumper and Asbury added foul shots but Giacomo DeVecchi buried a six-meter shot to keep Sassari way ahead, 16-23. Williams dunked it and Thornton made free throws for a 18-25 Sassari edge after 10 minutes. Drake Diener and DeVecchi shined with fast break layups early in the second quarter to boost the guests' lead to 18-31. Cajasol went scoreless for more than 5 minutes while a layup by Mauro Pinton and a jumper by Drake Diener broke the game open, 18-35. A three-pointer by Thornton capped a 0-15 run, as Asbury hit a close jumper for a 20-38 score. Michal Ignerski nailed a running hook and free throws by Thornton made it a 22-point game, 20-42. Ondrej Balvin and Williams slammed it but a three-point play by Manuel Vanuzzo made it 24-45. Tepic, Williams and Balvin fueled a 7-0 Cajasol run but an off-balance jumper by Drake Diener fixed the halftime score at 31-47.

Asbury scored in transition right after the break that Drake Diener bettered with a catch-and-shoot triple for a 33-50 Sassari lead. Williams made free throws that Asbury followed with a running jumper to give Cajasol hope at 37-50. Travis Diener found his cousin Drake for a triple, and quickly repeated that to boost Sassari's lead to 37-56. Williams and Thornton traded foul shots and a layup by John Holland brought Cajasol within 41-59. Williams dunked it to force Sassari to call timeout at 43-59. Asbury hit free throws and fed Bogdanovic for a layup that brought the hosts a bit closer, 47-59. Drake Diener rescued Sassari with his sixth triple but a jumper by Bogdanovic kept the hosts within 49-62 after 30 minutes. Bogdanovic hit a jumper early in the fourth quarter and even when Thornton scored down low, Asbury brought the hosts as close as 53-64 right before fouling out. Travis Diener hit a jumper that Holland bettered with a three-pointer for a 56-66 score with 7 minutes left. Ignerksi followed a jumper with free throws and even when Williams shined with a three-point play, Easley dunked it for a 59-72 score. Drake Diener buried his seventh triple but Satoransky, Williams and Holland brought Cajasol within single digits, 66-75, but it was already too little, too late for the hosts.