The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association hit the holiday pause button. After roaring out of the gates May 4, the MWBA has played before record crowds in a number of cities, showed that parity has arrived and is producing top notch basketball. The MWBA traditionally – three years in – takes Victoria Day Weekend off to...Read More
Miramichi Her-Icanes remain perfect at home. The ‘Canes improved to 2-0 in Maritime Women’s Basketball Association in the friendly confines of Miramichi Valley High School on Friday, downing Moncton Mystics, 93-74, despite a league record for points from a member of the visiting squad. Leo Elbert drained an MWBA single game points record with 35,...Read More
It was called an intriguing matchup in the Medavie Game of the Week in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association Thursday night. Well, that lived up to the pre-game hype. Halifax Hornets, seeking their first win of the season, appeared destined to do exactly that, leading by 14 points at one juncture of the first half...Read More
Lauren Rainford is in her first Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. She is certainly making herself at home. Rainford, the dynamic guard with expansion Miramichi Her-Icanes leads the MWBA in scoring through two weeks of play, producing at a 23.0 points per game clip. She has company. Elizabeth Iseyemi of Lake City 56ers is second in...Read More
Halifax Thunder bent, but didn’t break. Experience in droves and a balanced offensive attack allowed Halifax to finish with an 83-74 Maritime Women’s Basketball Association triumph over Miramichi Her-Icanes on Sunday at Saint Mary’s University in the Nova Scotia capital. Thunder improved to 3-0 on the regular season and has sole possession of first place,...Read More
The Moncton Mystics launched their Maritime Women’s Basketball Association home opener Saturday night. Consider it a success. The Mystics trailed 35-33 at halftime, but came out in the second half and earned their way to an entertaining 75-70 victory over the Halifax Hornets in the first-ever MWBA game at Crandall University. Moncton is now 1-1....Read More
Two teams with identical 1-1 records entering Saturday clashed in Cole Harbour, meaning something had to give. When the final horn sounded, it was Lake City 56ers moving to 2-1 with an 81-52 win over visiting Miramichi Her-Icanes in matinee Maritime Women’s Basketball Association play at Cole Harbour High School. Reigning Performer of the Week...Read More
The streak is intact. Halifax Thunder won its 22nd consecutive regular season win over two plus years, the latest a 95-64 triumph over city rival Halifax Hornets on Friday night. The game was played at Saint Mary’s University. Thunder is now 2-0 on the young season while the Hornets slipped to 0-2. Sydney Guker-Wickie powered...Read More
Fredericton Freeze improved to 2-1 on Friday with a 77-59 victory over visiting Port City Fog of Saint John in Maritime Women’s Basketball Association play. The game attracted 403 fans to the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium, many of them in a celebratory weekend mood. Port City fell to 1-1 and went behind the eight ball quickly,...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s schedule maker must have a sense for theatre. What a weekend of matchups in the MWBA, following on the heels of a dynamic opening weekend as the circuit gears up for Week II with much anticipation. There are two big-time rivalry matchups unfolding Friday in the capital cities of Nova...Read More
