All is quiet on the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association front when it comes to statistical data.
Well, considering the MWBA is in its off-season, that makes sense.
But what about 2025?
Could we see a new all-time scoring leader emerge next season?
Cue the intrigue.
Thanks to the diligence of one of the MWBA’s play-by-play announcers, Allan April of Halifax, statistical points scoring has been kept over the league’s three years of regular season operation.
Karissa Kajorinne, who spent two seasons in the MWBA before signing a professional contract in Portugal, remains the league’s highest scorer, amassing 400 career points. Kajorinne played with both the Windsor Edge (now Lake City 56ers) and Halifax Thunder during her tenure.
Kaylee Kilpatrick of Saint John’s Port City Fog came close to overtaking Kajorinne this past season. Kilpatrick, who will be moving to New Zealand on a two-year teaching contract in September, spent three seasons with the Fog.
The former University of New Hampshire Wildcats’ standout and long-time pro in Ireland, Australia and Germany, scored 396 points over her Port City career.
What does that all mean?
Well, it does open the door for Jenna Jones and others.
Should Jones, the three-year veteran, return to the Moncton Mystics in 2025, she has a shot at overtaking both Kajorinne and Kilpatrick. The sharp-shooting and durable Jones has 318 points following the 2024 regular season.
Courtney Donaldson, who has played with Halifax Hornets and Lake City, has 296 points over two seasons and Moncton’s Leonie Elbert sits fifth all-time with 278 points in two years of action.
Nestled into sixth place is Jasmine Parent, a three-year MWBA veteran with the Hornets and Rachel Farwell of the Fog is seventh with 266 in two years. Abby Miller, who has split time with Moncton and Miramichi Hericanes, is next at 250. Allie McCarthy of the Fredericton Freeze has amassed 243 points over two seasons and Courtney Thompson, a three-year Port City veteran is 10th with 239 points.
A point behind is 56ers Elizabeth Iseyemi while Kelsey McLaughlin of Moncton has 236. Tied for the top 15 are Allie Berry of the Mystics and Lauren Rainford of Miramichi.
What’s truly remarkable is Rainford has spent only one season in the MWBA, a key reason why she was named league MVP.
Alaina McMillan, who recently signed a professional contract to play with Arras Pays D’Artois in France, is 15th overall with 229 points over two seasons with the Hornets and Thunder.
McMillan becomes the fourth player to ink a pro deal and played in the MWBA, joining Kajorinne, Tiffany Reynolds (Nicarauga) and Sophia Widmeyer (Ireland).
All four played at the USPORTS level in Canada.
– Moncton’s Jenna Jones has been an MWBA staple since the league’s inception. (Tanya Everett Photo)