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SCOUTING YESTERDAY | South Dakotans block Sioux Falls Skyforce’s Isaiah Thomas-fueled collapse

This week in South Dakota history: Feb. 6-12

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Dan Gehlsen
Feb 11, 2026
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South Dakota’s only professional basketball squad rebounded from what would have otherwise been the franchise’s most devastating defeat a quarter century ago this week.

A local ownership group made a buzzer beating acquisition of the Sioux Falls Skyforce, sparing the team from dissolution it faced when the Continental Basketball Association it played in abruptly folded following a brief ownership under former NBA star, Isiah Thomas.

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