It was neck-and-neck for almost three-and-a-half quarters. Then the Thunder found lightning. Halifax Thunder watched hometown Fredericton close to within six in the fourth quarter, but the visitors poured it on late, posting a 76-61 Maritime Women’s Basketball Association game Sunday. The game capped a six-game weekend in New Brunswick’s Capital City with all six...Read More
Wowza. What else can you say to describe that one? The Moncton Mystics continued to haunt teams offensively in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. Moncton blew a 14-point second half lead, but hung on to defeat the Halifax Hornets, 103-95 in overtime, a wild fourth quarter and extra session, Hannah Brown scored four key points...Read More
Port City Fog had its hands full. In fact, the Fog was on Edge. However, the Saint John squad erupted in the third quarter, outscoring Windsor 28-4 in the pivotal frame, the Fog rolling to an eventual , 87-53 win over the Edge. The win capped a perfect 2-0 weekend for Port City as all...Read More
Fredericton Freeze put on an offensive show for the hometown fans last night. The Freeze pushed its Maritime Women’s Basketball Association record to 2-1 with a 93-69 win over the Halifax Hornets to cap Saturday’s opening day action. Halifax fell to 1-2. Katie Butts had 20 points to spark Fredericton in the physical encounter. Katie...Read More
This one was a dandy. Halifax Thunder and Port City Fog of Saint John duelled in an entertaining affair in Maritime Women’s Basketball Association play Saturday in Fredericton. Thunder prevailed, 81-74, thanks in large part to a 30-point second quarter, the difference in this one between a pair of solid entrants. Halifax moved to 2-0...Read More
The Moncton Mystics wasted little time. Suring into an 11-2 early in the first quarter and fuelled by a trio of three-balls from point guard Leonie Elbert in the opening frame, the Mystics bolted past Windsor Edge of Nova Scotia, 96-56 in Maritime Women’s Basketball Association play Saturday in Fredericton. It was the opening game...Read More
The first player of the week award in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association will be a focal point for defences this weekend when the league gathers in Fredericton for a six-game showcase. Kaylee Kilpatrick of Saint John’s Port City Fog is the first player of the week award winner. Deservedly so. The former standout with...Read More
Do you want to talk about a thriller? Well, let’s chat about what unfolded in Moncton on Thursday in Maritime Women’s Basketball Association play. Mercy. At the end of the night – in front of packed crowd at Harrison Trimble High School – the visiting Port City Fog survived a wild 98-95 overtime win over...Read More
Sophia Widmeyer made her Maritime Women’s Basketball Association debut this week, a member of the Halifax Hornets. Widmeyer has played at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I level with Providence College Friars in Rhode Island and University of New Hampshire Wildcats. She returned home to Canada and Nova Scotia last season, suiting with with...Read More
There is an enduring image of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association captured by Moncton-based photographer Tanya Everett. It shows Kelly Vass of the Moncton Mystics anxiously anticipating an embrace from her daughter, Leah Austin, following an MWBA game last season. The photo spoke more than 1,000 words. It spoke volumes about what the MWBA has...Read More
