There were plenty of celebrations on the TD Station hardwood as the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association drew the curtain down on a remarkable 2023 season. The league’s second year of operation saw the Halifax Thunder complete a season to remember, capturing its first MWBA title and keeping the Legacy Cup in Nova Scotia. Last year’s...Read More
The Halifax Thunder and Port City Fog engaged in a Legacy Cup championship to remember. What a battle. In the end, the regular season champion Thunder capped a perfect season in style, downing the Fog, 102-93 in front of a Maritime Women’s Basketball Association attendance record 1,079 at TD Station in Saint John on Sunday....Read More
Halifax built an early lead, had some anxious moments in the second half, but held Fredericton at bay in its comeback bid, the Hornets downing the Freeze 81-75 to win the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s bronze medal Sunday. The game was played at TD Station in Saint John. In a game neither team was interested...Read More
An explosive third quarter broke things open and sparked the Moncton Mystics to a 72-49 win over Windsor Edge in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s Legacy Cup consolation game Saturday. The game completed the season for both organizations on the floor of TD Station in Saint John. The teams emerged from their locker rooms deadlocked...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association Legacy Cup is down to four teams. Port City Fog of Saint John punched its ticket to Saturday’s semifinal following a 90-68 win over the Windsor Edge. The six-team championship is being played at TD Station in Saint John. The host team gave the home fans plenty to cheer about...Read More
Did we expect anything less? Not when these two teams get together. The Halifax Hornets built a seemingly comfortable 80-66 lead at one point late in the third quarter and watched the Moncton Mystics roar back, just not enough. Halifax would post a 98-87 win over Moncton in the opening quarter-final match of the Maritime...Read More
As the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association prepares for its Legacy Cup championship this weekend at TD Station in Saint John, plenty of memories for a league in only its second year of existence has unfolded. From a different logo, a different name and plenty of stops and starts, the MWBA has featured six teams with...Read More
Kylee Speedy shot the lights out last week. That, along with helping the Freeze clinch top New Brunswick spot with a two-game win streak, has earned the Fredericton guard the fifth and final Maritime Women’s Basketball Association Player of the Week Presented by Royale honour. Speedy set a Fredericton single game points record, meshing 29...Read More
A remarkable amount of players in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association have worn the colours of their home province at national and international events. This weekend at the MWBA’s Legacy Cup championship, under-17 and under-15 girls’ teams from Basketball New Brunswick, Basketball Nova Scotia and Basketball Prince Edward Island will play on the big stage...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s Legacy Cup championship unfolds this weekend at TD Station in Saint John. The three-day event will feature seven games concluding with the title game Sunday at 3 p.m. on the big stage. But there’s also another stage being set as the league celebrates women in sport. Two teams – and...Read More
