Sioux Falls Skyforce Alum Drains 3 in Team USA Olympic Exhibition

The Sioux Falls Skyforce have a deep basketball history, and now they've got a cool connection to the 2024 Olympic squad for Team USA.

On Wednesday Night, Team USA took on Team Canada in an exhibition ahead of the Paris games that start later this Month.

Team USA won the defense-centered contest by the final of 86-72, and one former Sioux Falls Skyforce player made a big 3 late in the contest.

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Micah Potter, who began his college career at Ohio State before finishing strong at Wisconsin, swished a late three to give Team USA an 84-68 advantage.

Here's the video evidence:

Potter made the shot despite the fact that he and others that played last night aren't officially on the Team USA roster:

Both Potter and former Badger great Nigel Hayes-Davis are traveling with the USA Basketball Men’s National Team as it prepares for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. The two Wisconsin products are on the USA Select Team, a collection of current and former college basketball players who serve as the national team’s de-facto practice squad.

Potter played for the Sioux Falls Skyforce during the 2021-22 season, and has most recently spent time with the Salt Lake City Stars within the Utah Jazz organization.

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During his time in Sioux Falls, Potter averaged better than 14 points and 10 rebounds per game.

Team USA has four more showcases in the coming weeks before they play their first Olympic contest against Serbia on July 28th. For the complete schedule, visit the link below.

Sources: Badger_szn on Twitter, Yahoo Sports, and USA Basketball - Schedule

35 Movies That Take Place in South Dakota

When it comes to South Dakota and Hollywood, we've seen our fair share of films that have used our state as the backdrop for a number of productions over the years. They may not have always filmed here, but movie folk love to set stories here.

We're all familiar with the blockbusters like 1990's Dances With Wolves, 1959's North By Northwest, and more recently, 2007's National Treasure: Book of Secrets. But our state's life on the big screen goes back nearly 100 years.

According to IMDb, it all started with Courtin' Wildcats, a 1929 film which, like so many of the 29 films on this list, is a Western set in the time before South Dakota became a state in 1889.

Gallery Credit: Jeff Harkness/B1027.com

Haunted Locations and Scary Legends Around Sioux Falls

Halloween is steeped in scary traditions. Trick-or-Treating, frightening costumes, local actors in "haunted" houses, and the pitch-black darkness of area corn mazes.

However, if we set out to find the real haunted areas what would we find? Over the last 30 years that I have lived in Sioux Falls, a few locations still gain attention as being haunted.

And yes, a handful of thrill-seeking people will show up on our favorite eerie night for what could be a viral video moment or experience a misty phantom first-hand.

Let's take a little tour of the more famous hauntings around Sioux Falls. Turn on the lights and cue the Cowardly Lion: "I do believe in spooks, I do believe in spooks..."

Gallery Credit: Danny V

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