The second preview of the Saturday of the seventeenth day of the Italian Serie A championship 2025-2026 sees the Basketball Trieste, after the rest round in the championship and the victory on the pitch in Gran Canaria in the BCL, host the Banco di Sardegna Sassari, which comes from the defeat against Napoli in the championship and the defeat in the FIBA Europe Cup at Petkimspor. Referees: Giulio Pepponi, Tolga Sahin, Giacomo Dori,
Where to play: at the PalaRubini in Trieste, Saturday 24 January 2026, tap-off at 8.00 pm.
Where to see it on TV: LBATV live. Real-time updates on this page with our live text.
THE PRECEDENTS. There have been 13 matches played between the teams in Serie A, with Sassari ahead 7-6 overall while for the matches played in Trieste the balance is 3-3. Referees: Giulio Pepponi, Tolga Sahin, Giacomo Dori. The last away victory in the previous matches between the clubs was that of Sassari in Trieste on 9 March 2022.
THE GONE. Banco di Sardegna won the first leg match, dating back to Saturday 6 December 2025 as a preview of the 10th round, with the final score of 85-80 led by Marshall’s 23 points (5/7 from twos and 4/6 from threes) and 17 points from Johnson. This is the only precedent between the two coaches Veljko Mrsic and Israel Gonzalez.
THE ABSENT. Trieste Basketball – Mady Sissoko is out with a medium-sized injury to the medial collateral ligament of her left knee.
Colbey Ross is out with a hyperextension in his right knee.
Banco di Sardegna Sassari – Carlos Marshall is out due to a sprained trauma to his right knee with a grade II injury to the medial collateral ligament.
THE EX
Trieste Basketball – Jeff Brooks was one of the protagonists of the Sassari ‘treble’ in the 2014/15 season, winning the Super Cup, Italian Cup and Scudetto. In that year he averaged 8.9 points and 6.4 rebounds.
