The 2025 Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is months away. That doesn’t mean the work toward Year IV is heading into winter hibernation. Far from it. The MWBA features seven teams including four in New Brunswick and three in Nova Scotia. A schedule with seven teams – based on last year following expansion with the Miramichi...Read More
The evolution of Emily Briggs has been a study in perseverance, dedication and commitment to the game of basketball. And, more importantly, the game of life. From a shy New Brunswick Interscholastic Athletic Association star with Florenceville-Bristol’s Carleton North High Stars, Briggs has grown in leaps and bounds as she continues to make her mark...Read More
One of the faces of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association will receive a major moment in the sun Saturday, Oct. 26. Unfortunately for Saint John’s Kaylee Kilpatrick, she’s a few time zones away. Kilpatrick, the star of the MWBA’s Port City Fog, is teaching in New Zealand and will be unable to attend her induction...Read More
Shannon Parlee doesn’t have much time to sit. Perhaps to watch her beloved Toronto Raptors or Boston Bruins play a game, but other than that, Parlee is on the move. The owner of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s Moncton Mystics – and former player with Mount Allison University Mounties – Parlee is getting set for...Read More
Coaching is not something that comes naturally. It’s not for the faint of heart, it’s not for those who like to keep their feet up and only be engaged when the ball tips. Not even close. As basketball season inches ever so closer to games counting in the standings, it’s been fantastic to see many...Read More
Haley McDonald is one of the top basketball players the Maritimes has ever produced. A standout at the USPORTS level with Acadia University Axewomen, McDonald also played a single season in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. She played for the Halifax Thunder in the MWBA’s inaugural 2022 season, scoring 189 points that season. McDonald has...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is proud of all of its players, those who have played in the circuit since its inception three years ago. As the MWBA gears up for the 2025 season next spring, it will be keeping an eye on many players who are continuing their careers with USPORTS or Canadian Collegiate...Read More
The Fredericton Freeze is returning its entire coaching for the 2025 Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. That means head coach Kevin Daley is back for his third season at the helm of the Freeze. Associate coach Anthony Ashe returns for his third year in the MWBA and Ashley Smith will be back for her second season....Read More
Basketball, bakeries and biking. A solid trifecta for Elizabeth Iseyemi. The personable 24-year-old Iseyemi is enjoying her first taste of professional basketball, leaving her Nova Scotia home for Germany, where she inked a two-year deal to play with USC BasCats Heidelberg of the Germany-2.Bundesliga. Iseyemi has been in Germany since August, continuing to adjust to...Read More
The Class of 2024 for Saint Mary’s University Department of Athletics features a member of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association champion Halifax Thunder. Justine Colley-Leger, one of this country’s best-ever basketball players, will be enshrined in the Huskies’ hall Oct. 5. Colley-Leger has spent two seasons in the MWBA and helped Thunder win its second...Read More
