The dust has settled on this season and the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is already elbows deep in planning for 2026.
The thrill of an outstanding PRO•LINE Legacy Cup championship weekend remains high in the minds of the MWBA including this year’s champion Miramichi Her-Icanes, winning a league title in only it second year of existence.
As the league sets its sights on next season, let’s have a look at the MWBA’s all-time leading scorers now that Year IV is in the history books.
The league saw the all-time leading scoring race change hands this season and thank you to play-by-play veteran Allan April of Nova Scotia for his statistical data.
Courtney Donaldson of Dartmouth/Cole Harbour’s Lake City 56ers became the all-time leader late in the season, eclipsing Karissa Kajorinne, who had held the distinction for three seasons.
Donaldson said her record would be temporary and it was as Miramichi’s Lauren Rainford has assumed command as the all-time leading point getter in MWBA history.
Rainford has amassed 419 points with the Her-Icanes, averaging 20.9 points per outing, never missing a regular season game in two years.
Donaldson is a close second at 414. Kajorinne, who has been playing professionally in Portugal since leaving the MWBA, sits third all-time at 400 points.
Kaylee Kilpatrick, who played NCAA Division I with the University of New Hampshire Wildcats and went on to a long pro career in Ireland, Australia and Germany, is fourth all-time with 396 points.
Eva Tumwine of the Fredericton Freeze put together her best season ever in the MWBA. The four-year veteran is fifth with 351 points.
Halifax Hornets’ fourth-year player Jasmine Parent is fifth with 333 points and Miramichi’s Abby Miller has climbed the ladder into sixth spot with 322 points.
Fredericton’s Allie McCarthy is a step behind Miller with 321 points and Alaina McMillan of Halifax Thunder follows closely with 319 in eighth spot.
Jenna Jones, who played three seasons with the Moncton Mystics, is ninth at 318.
Kajorinne’s 21.05 points per game remains the MWBA high-water mark, average-wise.
Here are some news and notes from around the statistical page from Mr. April.
- On the final day of the regular season, Rainford passed Donaldson as the MWBA all-time leading scorer. In just two years, Rainford has won the league scoring title in both seasons, and has scored an impressive 419 points in just 20 games played.
- Rainford and Donaldson are the top two all-time scorers, but Kajorinne and Kilpatrick hold on to the No. 3 and No. 4 spots, despite not playing this season.
- Three players have scored 400 or more points, 11 players have scored 300 or more points, 23 players have scored 200 or more points, and 64 players have scored over 100 points.
- The leading scorers for five franchises are active players: Freeze (Eva Tumwine), Hornets (Jasmine Parent), Halifax Thunder (Kiera Duffie), Lake City (Donaldson), and Miramichi (Lauren Rainford), while the Mystics (Jenna Jones) and Port City (Kaylee Kilpatrick) are still led by former players.
- Parent finishes season four as the all-time leader in regular season games played, appearing in 39 of 40 games in Hornets history. Fredericton’s Robbi Daley (38 games played), Miller and Port City’s Amelia Mitchell (37 games played), Miramichi’s Bailey Black and Bailey Henderson (35 games played), Tumwine (33 games played), Leah Martin of the 56ers (32 games played), Freeze’s Katie Daley (31 games played) and Fredericton’s Courtney Thompson (30 games played) round out the top 10. Ten of the 11 players (along with Emily MacNeil of the Hornets (29 games played) who have appeared in all four seasons.
- Lauren Rainford in MWBA action (DWinston Photo)