Only one New Brunswick-based team has won a game on the road this season in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. The home court advantage stood tall again Friday in Saint John. Hometown Port City Fog dropped visiting Moncton Mystics, 74-54 in the league’s lone game. Fog moved to 5-4 and into a third place tie...Read More
Fredericton Freeze needed a road win. They got it the old-fashioned way Thursday night in Moncton. Tenacious defence and timely scoring sparked the Freeze to an entertaining and wildly physical 81-62 win over hometown Moncton Mystics in Maritime Women’s Basketball Association play. Fredericton moved to 5-4. Moncton slipped to 3-6. Both teams have one game...Read More
The Halifax Thunder is a win away from its third consecutive undefeated Maritime Women’s Basketball Association season. Halifax rolled past Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth, 89-57 on Thursday to move to 9-0 on the season. Thunder finishes play Sunday, visiting Halifax Hornets in a 3 p.m. contest at Mount St. Vincent University. Thursday’s game was...Read More
Kaylee Kilpatrick is the reigning MVP of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. Can she also add the league’s all-time leading scoring honour to her mantle? The former University of New Hampshire Wildcats’ star and long-time pro is within striking distance of taking over the MWBA’s all-time scoring lead as her Port City Fog of Saint...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association does not have a crystal ball in the basement of its head office. Which means no one can predict the MWBA’s playoff future. That means – much to the delight of players and fans alike – it’s going to have be sorted out on the floor. Just like the schedule-maker...Read More
It took a lot longer than the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association thought it would, but the Halifax Hornets are off the schnide. Halifax, entering Sunday’s game at 0-8, took matters into their own hands and found resolve, posting a 78-72 win over Miramichi Her-Icanes, wiping out a small halftime deficit in the process. Hometown Miramichi...Read More
The Fredericton Freeze is not built to score big numbers. Halifax Thunder is. Although the Freeze held a 52-49 halftime lead following a wildly exciting and offensive-minded first 20 minutes, the Thunder would find its groove and move to 8-0 on the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association season, winning an 88-79 decision over hometown Fredericton. Freeze...Read More
Unbelievable. Do you have a better word? Hometown Miramichi Her-icanes held an eight-point halftime lead at home, but couldn’t hold it, losing a dramatic 61-60 decision to Halifax Thunder in front of a wildly entertaining crowd at Miramichi Valley High School on Saturday night. The game capped an amazing day of MWBA action that saw...Read More
Courtney Thompson is having a memorable Maritime Women’s Basketball Association season. She continued her solid campaign Saturday afternoon with a game high 21 points and hometown Port City Fog made things very interesting in the MWBA with a 66-56 win over Halifax Hornets. Port City improved to 4-4 and climbed into a two-way third place...Read More
A rollercoaster of emotions. Certainly a rollercoaster of lead changes. In the end, when it mattered the most, visiting Moncton Mystics won a heart-stopping 82-80 overtime Maritime Women’s Basketball Association outing over Lake City 56ers in Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon. Moncton forced overtime with eight seconds left when Lindsay Black scored on a layup following...Read More
