SHREVEPORT, LA – The Potawatomi Fire improved to 2-0 on the young season after beating the Shreveport-Bossier Mavericks 119-108. The Fire struggled to find their rhythm in first half but came out in the second half strong outscoring the Mavericks 40-26 to take a 96-75 lead into the 4th quarter. The Fire couldn’t rest…
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SHAWNEE, OK – The Potawatomi Fire got their 2024 season started on the right note, with a 136-91 drubbing of Enid Friday night. Enid gave the Fire trouble early, leading by as many as four in the first quarter. However, trailing the Outlaws 20-19 late in the first, the Fire went on a 19-0…
** Selected by Fire with 35th pick in first round in 2024 TBL Draft ** See Jaylen Mahone’s bio page with NCAA D-III Ripon (Wisc.) College here 2022-23 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS (with RIPON COLLEGE RED HAWKS) All-Midwest Conference first team Appeared and started in all 26 games Played 29.9 minutes per game Averaged 14.9 points, 5.0…
Rashard Stringfield joins the Fire for his third season in TBL. In 2022-23, Rashard was a basketball operations assistant in the NBA G-League with the Wisconsin Herd (Milwaukee Bucks affiliate). Prior to his time in the G-League, Stringfield spent the previous two seasons in TBL with the Little Rock Lightning and Enid Outlaws, and served…
** Signed by Fire after strong performance at Fire 2023 Player Development Showcase ** PRO CAREER HIGHLIGHTS (in GREECE, GEORGIA (EUROPE) and BRAZIL) Averaged 5.2 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.1 steals with Rashi Tbilisi of Georgian Super Liga in 2020-21 Signed his first professional contract with Larisa of the Greek Basket League in Sept….
PROFESSIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Played professionally in Bolivia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mexico See Jon Cathey-Macklin’s bio page from Tarleton State here CAREER HIGHLIGHTS (with TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY) Earned 2012-13 Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Year Started 17 games for the Texans averaging 22 minutes per game as senior in 13-14 Shot…
See Jachai Simmons’s 2023 TBL stats with Wichita SkyKings here 2023 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS (with WICHITA SKYKINGS) Averaged 13.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.0 steals per game Shot 52% from the field, 82% from the foul line, and 43% from three-point range Season high of 36 points came on April 30 vs the Fire…