Interviews

FIRE Regional Champions
June 20, 2023
Furious Fourth Quarter Rally Sends Fire Past Seattle And Into TBL Championship Series

SHAWNEE, OKLA — Things were looking desperate for the Potawatomi Fire. They trailed by nine points as they started the fourth quarter, only to see the Seattle Super Hawks expand that margin in the first few minutes of the final frame. The Fire were staring down their first loss of the year at home and…

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Chris Cox
MUNSON HEXOM GUY vs SEATTLE
June 17, 2023
Defense, Fourth Quarter Surge And Huge Nights From Trio Of Starters Push Fire To Game One Win At Seattle

SEATTLE, WASH — The Potawatomi Fire overcame several different types of adversity on Friday night, many that they hadn’t seen in the 2023 season. Behind a huge 37-point night from the reigning Defensive Player of the Year Lyle Hexom, and triple-doubles (or nearly so) from the 2022 TBL MVP Deshawn Munson and 2023 MVP candidate Chuck…

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Chuck Guy
Team with Central Conference trophy
June 15, 2023
Fire Compete In TBL Regional Finals With Seattle For Right To Play For TBL Championship, ‘The Lillie’

SEATTLE, WASH. — There are just four teams remaining in TBL, and just four wins are needed by any of those clubs to claim the TBL Championship. Two of TBL’s top teams all season long will battle it out late Friday night on the west coast to get one of those wins. The Potawatomi Fire,…

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Chris Brand
Lyle Hexom vs Enid in TBL Playoffs
June 8, 2023
Fire And Mavericks Meet For Central Conference Title And Right To Be One Of TBL’s Last Four Standing

SHREVEPORT, LA. — Hello Mavericks, our old friends. We’ve come to play you again. The Potawatomi Fire and Shreveport Mavericks renew their intense rivalry in the best-of-three Central Conference Championship round of The Basketball League Playoffs. Game one of what promises to be a knock-down-drag-out series will be Thursday, June 8 at 7 p.m. from…

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Chris Brand
Chris Brand and company celebrate in the huddle
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…

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Chuck Guy
KD Moore at FireLake Fall Shootout
January 30, 2023
KD Moore Preseason Interview With Chris Cox

Kierre “K.D.” Moore is a 6-4 guard/forward from Paris, Texas who signed with the Potawatomi Fire in the offseason. In 2022, he played with the Enid Outlaws alongside several new members of the Fire under head coach Mark Dannhoff. When Dannhoff made the move to the Fire from Enid last summer,, several players including Moore,…

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Chris Cox
Fire vs Lightning highlights at FireLake Arena
January 24, 2023
Tevin Foster Preseason Interview With Chris Cox

 Tevin Foster is a 6-0 guard from Lawton, Oklahoma. In 2022, he was the sixth man for the Potawatomi Fire and one of TBL’s top sixth men. He averaged 13.2 points, along with about two rebounds and two assists per game. He shot nearly 46% from the field including 36% from beyond the three-point…

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Chris Cox
David Qualls Mark Dannhoff Chris Cox
August 24, 2022
Fire name Mark Dannhoff as new head coach

NOTE: Be sure to check out a special offseason edition of the Coach’s Corner featuring interviews with Mark Dannhoff and David Qualls as they look ahead to next season! You can watch the special on YouTube at this link. SHAWNEE, OKLA. —  The Potawatomi Fire will have a new face patrolling the sidelines in 2023….

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Derrick Rowland FOX 25 story
June 4, 2022
Potawatomi Fire look to ride success into the postseason

SHAWNEE, OKLA — The Potawatomi Fire are going to their first playoffs ever, and this is the first year they started playing. Check out the story here from KOKH, FOX 25 in Oklahoma City.

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Anthony Allen
7ers at Fire Playoffs highlights
June 3, 2022
Fire Open Playoff Run With Strong Win Over Rockwall; Munson Continues MVP Push With 10th Triple-Double

SHAWNEE, OKLA —  A third straight triple-double for one of the favorites to win league MVP led the Potawatomi Fire to their first-ever playoff win in their first playoff appearance. The third-seeded Fire took game one of their best-of-three Central Conference first round series, winning 111-96 over the sixth seed, the Rockwall 7ers. After back-to-back…

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Anthony Allen