LITTLE ROCK, ARK – The Potawatomi Fire stayed perfect on the year as they beat the Little Rock Lightning 121-83. This win was the 35^th consecutive win for the Fire dating back to the 2023 season.

“It wasn’t our cleanest game, but we were able to work our way through it and get the win,” said Fire head coach Mark Dannhoff. “There are times when you have to play through adversity, and we did that tonight. I’m proud of our guys for fighting through adversity and cleaning things up in the second half.”

Deshawn Munson had arguably his best game of the season finishing with a team-high 28 points to go along with 11 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals. Chuck Guy had another strong showing with 19 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 steals. Paul Harrison also finished with 19 points to go along with 4 rebounds, 3 assists, a steal, and a block. Also finishing in double-figures were Jachai Simmons (13) and Jay Hedgeman (12).

“We had a good team effort tonight,” said Dannhoff. “I thought our guys played unselfish and tried to get everyone involved. Our offense is the most effective when that happens.”

A full box score is available here.

With the win the Fire stayed perfect, improving to 5-0 on the season. Up next, the Fire will host the 0-4 San Antonio Clutch on Sunday, March 23^rd. That game will take place at FireLake Arena with tipoff set for 6 PM. You can purchase tickets online at www.potawatomifire.com/tickets or by calling the FireLake Arena box office.

You can watch a live stream of the game at tbltv.tv or listen live on KGFF Radio (100.9 FM/1450 AM).

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ABOUT THE POTAWATOMI FIRE

The Potawatomi Fire are the first professional basketball team owned by a Native American tribe (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) in Oklahoma. The Fire compete in the Central Conference of The Basketball League (TBL), a men’s professional basketball league, with roughly 40 teams across the U.S. and Canada. The Fire play their home games at FireLake Arena in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Through their first three years, the Fire have established themselves as the premier franchise in TBL. Along with winning the TBL championship in 2023 and 2024, the Fire organization was named the 2022 winner of the Jim Koch Award as TBL’s Best Ran Business. The dance team of the Fire, the Fire Girls, were named TBL’s 2022 Best Dance Team and Central Conference Best Dance Team in 2023 and 2024.