SHAWNEE, OK – The Potawatomi Fire are excited to announce the signing of Ke’Tarrious “K.T.” Bouchum for the remainder of the 2025 TBL season.

Bouchum, a 6-5 forward originally from Dallas, Texas, has been playing for Creating Young Minds (CYM). He previously played in The Basketball League in 2024 for the Enid Outlaws.

“I’m thrilled K.T. decided to join us for the rest of the season,” said Potawatomi Fire general manager David Qualls. “He is a fantastic player and a great young man. I’m confident that K.T. will help us reach our goal of winning a third straight Lillie.”

In four games this season against TBL opponents, Bouchum averaged 44.7 points, 9.3 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.7 steals, and 2.3 blocks per game. Last year, in 17 games for Enid, Bouchum averaged 22.1 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 1.6 assists.

“K.T. is a great player and I think he will help us out greatly the remainder of the season,” said Fire head coach and two-time TBL Coach of the Year Mark Dannhoff. “K.T. is a versatile player that will give us depth at multiple positions. Beyond his positional versatility, K.T. is a team-first player that can impact the game in a lot of ways.”

Bouchum joins a Fire team that is currently 14-1 on the season. Up next, the Fire host the 6-8 Little Rock Lightning this Friday night at 7 PM inside FireLake Arena. You can purchase tickets at www.potawatomifire.com/tickets or by calling the FireLake Arena box office. You can also 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.