The visitors took the Jason Leonard County Championship contest 45-24 at Reading RFC.
After Hertfordshire’s Sam Kanyama missed an early penalty, it was Bassett who opened the scoring, brilliantly claiming a Louis Roumignac box kick before sprinting over the line.
The visitors replied swiftly, though, second row Oliver Reynolds spotting a gap on the short side to cross from the 22.
Kanyama added the extras, but Development XV and Reading University ace Bassett doubled his tally for 10-7.
He was subsequently forced off through injury, and the away side were back in front as their other lock, Ben Warren went over for a converted score.
Berkshire responded admirably again, however, prop Leon Taylor cutting a fine line to smash his way over.
Will Hibberdine was on target from the tee, but Herts led 21-17 at the interval after Elliott Clarkson dotted down and Kanyama bisected the uprights.
The visitors looked lively in attack throughout and some slick handling sent full back Ollie Broughton over for another seven-pointer.
Sliding Doors moment leads to Herts dominance
Two pivotal moments then followed.
Berkshire firstly had a Luke Palmer try chalked off for a double movement, and then butchered a glorious chance with a knock-on five metres short on the left.
The error was then compounded as Herts went blind from a scrum on their own five-metre line, going the length of the field before Broughton claimed his second.
The kick was again good and from 35-17 up, the visitors put the game to bed with a couple more quick-fire scores.
Replacements Bear Coates and Oscar Kimble were the try-scorers.
To their credit Berkshire kept battling and former Rams Mini burrowed over from close range, but it was too little, too late.
Other former Rams juniors involved were starters Theo Pett-Ridge (full back), Charlie Burton (blind-side flanker) and captain Aaron Preston, hooker Jake Scott and fly-half Matt Cox coming off the bench.
Development XV/Reading University representatives were Llyr Jones (outside centre), Max Hughes (second row), Sam Kaminaris (No. 8) and replacement scrum-half Ollie Morgan.
