High-scoring games, theatrical buckets down low, physical battles in the paint and dagger three-balls meant for plenty of Maritime Women’s Basketball Association action last week. Turns out, defence won out when it was time to select the Player of the Week presented by Royale for Week III in the MWBA. The selection committee raised a...Read More
It’s a busy week waiting for the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association teams. Eight games in total will unfold with two mid-week tilts and six on the weekend as all six teams are in Halifax. With that in mind, through three weeks of play, it’s your update on scoring leaders in the MWBA. Leonie Elbert of...Read More
The Halifax Hornets found some sting in their game again. Halifax, mired in a four-game losing slide, righted its ship at home Sunday in an 89-68 win over the Windsor Edge. Hornets moved to 2-4 and into a fourth place tie with the idle Moncton Mystics for fourth place. Each team has four points. Edge...Read More
The streaking Halifax Thunder rolled to its sixth straight win and remain undefeated this season in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. Halifax remained undefeated following a 99-35 cruise over Windsor Edge which fell to 0-5, losing this one at home in a matinee affair. Windsor travels to Halifax on Sunday to face the Hornets at...Read More
It’s Friday night and you need some trivia. Name the only Maritime Women’s Basketball Association team that has never lost a regular season game. If you picked Halifax Thunder, move to the head of the class. Thunder, which went 10-0 last season in the regular season, moved to 5-0 this year following a come-from-behind 75-68...Read More
Fredericton Freeze associate coach Anthony Ashe surveyed the scene of high fives and the celebration of victory in front of the home team bench and said ‘maybe we’re a fourth quarter team.’ Would appear so. For the second time in a week, a huge fourth quarter propelled the Freeze to a Maritime Women’s Basketball Association...Read More
Kaylee Kilpatrick is a force in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. A power forward with the Port City Fog of Saint John, Kilpatrick is the epitome of what the MWBA is all about. She starred with the University of New Hampshire Wildcats at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I before embarking on a professional...Read More
Game day. The best two words in sports. As an athlete, you go to bed thinking about tomorrow’s game. As a coach, the preparation never stops. Officials ready themselves to be in preparation mode when the day arrives. And the ball goes up, points are scored, fouls are called and dozens of other incidents and...Read More
The Halifax Thunder went a perfect 3-0 last week to jump ahead of the overall standings. Tiffany Reynolds played a key role in that surge and, for her efforts, has been named the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association player of the week. Halifax leads the pack with a perfect 4-0 record for eight points, standing alone....Read More
Fast and Furious, the movie? How about Fast and Furious, the Fredericton Freeze and Moncton Mystics? The host Mystics shook off a slow first quarter start, trailing 26-18 before taking control of the contest, grabbing leads of 11 points twice entering the fourth quarter before the visitors awoke. In a big way. In a highly-entertaining...Read More
