Andrea Wright has taken many shots in her basketball career. Two years ago, she took a shot like never before. Wanting to continue playing basketball at a high level, the American reached out to the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association, seeking information on playing. Her shot in the dark found mesh and her MWBA career launched....Read More
Jen McKenzie is no stranger to New Brunswick. Especially when it comes to basketball. The commissioner of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association – she is preparing for her second year at the helm as preparation begins for Season IV next spring – will hit New Brunswick soil this weekend to experience a first in her...Read More
Taken away. That’s it. Taken from her. The love and passion of game was suddenly taken away from Kylee Speedy last season when she went down to injury during an Atlantic University Sport women’s basketball conference game with her University of New Brunswick Reds. Not just any injury, either. Her right Anterior Cruciate Ligament and...Read More
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...Read More
One of the faces of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is leaving the competitive arena. Kaylee Kilpatrick, a former MWBA MVP and dominating force with Saint John’s Port City Fog, will leave the country in September, bound for a new adventure in life and her career. A former University of New Hampshire Wildcats’ star and...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is eyeing its 2025 schedule. The MWBA finished its third season of competition in June, capping a remarkable campaign of parity throughout the seven team league, ending when the Halifax Thunder won its second straight Pro*Line Stadium Legacy Cup title in the Nova Scotia capital. There is hope of expansion...Read More
The dust settled, the curtain came down. But the act is not over for the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association when it comes to planning. Year III may be in the books, but that means only one thing…Year IV beckons. A second consecutive Pro*Line Stadium Legacy Cup championship was awarded to Halifax Thunder on June 23...Read More
Undefeated. Again. Halifax Thunder has not lost a Maritime Women’s Basketball Association game of any type in two seasons. The remarkable march continued Sunday in front of 786 fans at Dalhousie University. Thunder started fast and kept the pedal to the floor, earning a 90-57 victory over Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Preston. Halifax earned...Read More
It’s the Halifax Thunder and Lake City 56ers. For all the marbles. The curtain will come down Sunday in the third season of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association when the Halifax Thunder tangles with Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth/Cole Harbour in the championship outing. Game time for the Pro*Line Stadium Legacy Cup is 2:30 p.m....Read More
The votes are in. And a member of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s newest team has been named the league’s Most Valuable Player. Lauren Rainford of the expansion Miramichi Hericanes was named MVP following a vote by league teams. Teams were not able to vote for a player from their own team. Rainford led all...Read More
