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May 28, 2023

Fire Roll Into Playoffs As Top Seed And Finish Unbeaten At Home With Win Over Lightning

SHAWNEE, OKLA — The Central Conference regular season champion Potawatomi Fire rolled to victory over the Little Rock Lightning, 133-100, behind a record-setting barrage from outside and behind the reigning TBL MVP Deshawn Munson. Munson notched his third triple-double (and 15th double-double) of the year with 19 points, 15 rebounds, and 14 assists, proving again…

May 26, 2023

Team Win Leads Fire Past Wichita To Capture TBL Central Regular Season Title

SHAWNEE, OKLA — The Potawatomi Fire took a big step on their staircase of lofty season goals Thursday night. The second-year TBL franchise won the TBL Central Conference regular season crown with a 118-105 victory over the Wichita SkyKings. The win was the 20th for the Fire this season against just three losses, which were…

Chuck Guy

May 25, 2023

Championship Opportunity Awaits Fire In Final Regular Season Weekend

SHAWNEE, OKLA — The Potawatomi Fire have an opportunity to win The Basketball League Central Conference regular season championship with wins at home this weekend. On Thursday night the first place Fire return from an 11-day break and will host the third place Wichita SkyKings, and on Saturday night, the Fire host the fifth place…

Chuck Guy

May 14, 2023

Fire Bounce Back With Win Over In-State Rival Outlaws

SHAWNEE, OKLA — In year one of this in-state rivalry, it was the Enid Outlaws taking five of six regular season meetings from the Potawatomi Fire. In year two, it’s the Fire with the upper hand, taking three or four regular season meetings from the Outlaws. Led by last year’s TBL MVP Deshawn Munson as…

Chris Brand

May 11, 2023

Turnovers and Free Throw Shooting Woes Cost Fire In Loss At Shreveport

SHREVEPORT, LA — Two of the issues that have been negatives throughout this year, even in big wins for the Potawatomi Fire, unfortunately, came back to bite them on the road Thursday night. Turnovers and poor free throw shooting cost the Fire in a first place battle with the Shreveport Mavericks, as the visiting Fire…

Chuck Guy

May 7, 2023

Fire Cruise To Comfortable Win Over Warriors; Maintain Top Spot In TBL Central

SHAWNEE, OKLA — The Potawatomi Fire jumped out to a big first quarter lead of 41-18, and never looked back as they cruised to a 130–102 victory over the Pearland (Texas) Warriors. Deshawn Munson led the Fire with 20 points and 15 rebounds, on 10 of 14 shooting. The Fire had nine of their 11…

Chris Brand

May 4, 2023

Fire Remain In First With Solid Road Win At Rival Enid

ENID, OKLA — Coming off just their second loss of the season, the Fire looked to be more assertive. This was especially true for their All-Stars, namely Deshawn Munson. After a few less-than-typical contests from the reigning TBL MVP, Munson and coach Mark Dannhoff had a meeting. The coach asked the player to play at…

Chris Brand

May 1, 2023

Fire Fall In Double Overtime At Wichita, But Remain On Top Of TBL Central

WICHITA, KANSAS — The Potawatomi Fire fell for just the second time this season, dropping a heartbreaker 138-33 in double-overtime to the Wichita SkyKings at Charles Koch Arena. Despite the loss, the Fire (13-2) keep the top spot in the TBL Central Conference, just ahead of Shreveport and Wichita. K.D. Moore led the Fire with 28 points and 10…

Chuck Guy

April 30, 2023

Fire Continue Winning Streak, Roll Rockwall With 48-Point Win To Stay In First

SHAWNEE, OKLA — Another night, another show of might. Behind eight players in double figures, the Potawatomi Fire rolled the Rockwall 7ers 142-94, extending their winning streak (officially) to seven games. Fire newcomer Ruston Hayward scored 19 in his second game with Potawatomi and tied K.D. Moore for the team high for the night. Hayward signed earlier this week with…

Chuck Guy

April 25, 2023

Fire Dominate Panthers With Record-Breaking Effort; Set New Club Marks For Points and Victory Margin

SHAWNEE, OKLA — It took the Potawatomi Fire 40 days to top their record-setting home opener. On March 17, the Fire set seven team records with a mauling of the Rockwall 7ers. They broke many of those marks Tuesday with an absolute domination of the Oklahoma Panthers, winning 155-86. In what was originally scheduled to…

Chris Brand