Dane Goodwin

DaRon Holmes II

Moses Brown

Tamar Bates

James Akinjo

Javante McCoy

Terrence Hargrove Jr.

Coleman Hawkins

Michael Caicedo

Wesley Cardet, Jr.

Justyn Hamilton

Blaise Threatt

Curtis Jones

Spencer Jones

Trevor Keels

Myron Gardner

Vladislav Goldin

Kasparas Jakučionis

Jahmir Young

Steve Settle III

Gabe Madsen

Dain Dainja

Bez Mbeng

Josh Christopher

Alex Fudge

Josh Cohen

Cam Carter

Micah Parrish

Ken Jones

Jafar Kinsey

Genesis Perrymond

Sioux Falls, SD&nbsp;– The Sioux Falls Skyforce snapped a four-game winning streak in a 126-115 defeat to the Grand Rapids Gold to split a two-game series on Sunday afternoon from the Sanford Pentagon.



Miami HEAT two-way player Jahmir Young led Sioux Falls (7-4) with his sixth straight game of 20-plus points, as he netted 20 and added seven assists. Josh Christopher produced 15 points on 6-13 FGA, four rebounds and a plus-18 plus-minus in his return to the Skyforce.



James Akinjo led Grand Rapids (7-3) with 31 points on 10-20 FGA (5-9 3PA) and 10 assists. Denver Nuggets assignee DaRon Holmes II chipped in 17 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists.



The Gold erupted for 46 first quarter points, as Akinjo and Denver two-way Tamar Bates combined for 20 points on 8-9 FGA to pace the way. Grand Rapids held Sioux Falls to just 29.6 percent shooting (8-27 FGA) and 16.7 percent from beyond the arc (2-12 3PA) to trail 72-55 at intermission.



Grand Rapids capitalized 11 points off four Sioux Falls turnovers in the third frame, as they led by as many as 27 points to take a 105-85 lead to the final 12 minutes. The Skyforce roared to 26-9 run to the 4:56 mark of the game to cut the lead to just 112-109 but ultimately fell in the final minutes.



HEAT assignee Kasparas Jakucionis chipped in 16 points, four rebounds and six assists, while Miami two-way players Myron Gardner and Vlad Goldin combined for 29 points and 19 rebounds. Bez Mbeng added 16 points on 5-9 FGA, five rebounds and a plus-15 plus-minus.

FORCE’S LATE SURGE FALLS SHORT IN 126-115 DEFEAT TO GOLD

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Showcase Cup Standings

Goldin Offensive Goaltending Turnover (P1.T1)

MISS Keels 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot

MISS Akinjo 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot

Goodwin 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Holmes II 1 AST)

Akinjo Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)

Keels 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Young 1 AST)

Brown 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (4 PTS) (Akinjo 1 AST)

Akinjo 4' Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Holmes II 2 AST)

Bates 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Akinjo 2 AST)

SKYFORCE Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)

Keels 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Young 2 AST)

Bates 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Goodwin 2 AST)

Goldin 3' Layup (2 PTS) (Settle III 1 AST)

Brown 2' Cutting Layup Shot (6 PTS) (Akinjo 3 AST)

Young 25' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Madsen 1 AST)

Holmes II 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Akinjo 4 AST)

Hawkins 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Akinjo 5 AST)

Holmes II 1' Dunk (5 PTS) (Hawkins 1 AST)

Holmes II 27' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Hawkins 2 AST)

Akinjo 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Hawkins 3 AST)

SKYFORCE Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)

Mbeng 12' Turnaround Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Jakucionis 1 AST)

Akinjo Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T3)

Grand Rapids Gold

Sioux Falls Skyforce

Grand Rapids Gold @ Sioux Falls Skyforce

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