Nova Scotia’s capital city comes alive this weekend with basketball, basketball and more basketball on the docket. That includes numerous players who battled last season in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. Atlantic University Sport women’s basketball conference championship unfolds at Scotiabank Place with six teams seeking a championship and berth in the USPORTS final in...Read More
Editor’s Note: We are profiling players from the 2024 Maritime Women’s Basketball Association who are representing their universities and colleges in playoff action this week. Two players from the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association are continuing down the playoff road in their respective leagues from Quebec to New England. Emily McNeil is with the Bishop’s University...Read More
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series highlighting players from last season in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association who are preparing for USPORTS and Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association championship runs. We begin with Ontario University Athletics: The Final Four is set. Without a doubt, when you’re undefeated entering the post-season, you’re considered the...Read More
The 2025 Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is awaiting some fine-tuning and cementing times, but all systems are go for the circuit’s fourth season. ‘All teams have the schedule and now it’s a matter of ensuring building availability and some other minor logistical operations,’ said MWBA commissioner, Jen McKenzie of Dartmouth, NS. ‘It’s never easy putting...Read More
Lauren Rainford is the reigning Maritime Women’s Basketball Association MVP after her stellar 2024 season with the Miramichi Hericanes. Rainford was a dominant MWBA player with the ‘Canes and returned to the University of Prince Edward Island for the 2024-25 Atlantic University Sport Women’s Basketball Conference season with the Panthers. She hasn’t taken her foot...Read More
By Renée Hartleib Saint Mary’s University Alumni Small, but mighty. That’s how Saint Mary’s graduate Alaina McMillan BA’24—who stands at five foot six—describes herself. As the Huskies women’s basketball point guard from 2018-2024, her stats bear that out. She led the team to two championships and earned AUS all-star, AUS MVP, and Team MVP multiple...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association expanded from six teams to seven last year. It had hoped there would be eight teams for the 2025 season, but the Town of Truro’s hopes to having an MWBA team fell through this week. That means the MWBA will begin finalizing its 10-game regular season schedule, but we do...Read More
It’s as big a rivalry as there is in Canadian sports. And two members of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s Fredericton Freeze are going to be in the thick of things. Both Allie McCarthy and Bailey Russell will be with the University of Ottawa Gee Gees as they play in the Capital Hoops Classic on...Read More
For the second consecutive winter, the Fredericton Freeze is reaching out to its community of supporters for…support. The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association launched its $50 From 100 campaign, designed to raise operating funds for the 2025 season. Freeze is hoping 100 community businesses or individuals can donate $50 to the fundraising initiative. Each donation includes...Read More
From Canada Basketball Tyler Slipp has never known a world without basketball. The former Executive Director of Basketball New Brunswick, recently transitioned to his new role as Director of Sport Participation and Development with Sport New Brunswick. Slipp was also instrumental in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association during its infancy, playing a key role in...Read More
