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Mark Forward has been an instrumental component of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association since it opened its doors in 2002. With that in mind, Forward announced his departure from the league and the Halifax Hornets’ organization. This was not an easy decision for Forward, who is also one of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association’s leader...Read More

Jasmine Parent is one of the faces of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. The veteran member of the Halifax Hornets embodies the MWBA. Former university player. Community-minded. Professional career outside the game. Mom. And much more. Parent just finished her fifth MWBA campaign with the Halifax entrant and continues to be the league’s all-time games...Read More

One of the most dominant USPORTS players the past three seasons and a player who has had a brilliant Maritime Women’s Basketball Association career has made it official. She is turning professional. Allie McCarthy of the MWBA’s Fredericton Freeze has signed a deal that will see her play for Portugal’s Academica de Coimbra for the...Read More

Two players who had dominating Maritime Women’s Basketball Association seasons celebrated together a world away. Both Abby Miller and Karissa Kajorinne experienced MWBA success, both of them winning a PROLINE Legacy Cup championship with Miramichi HerIcanes and Halifax Thunder, respectively, but won a professional title in Portugal. Playing with Academica de Coimbra, Miller and Kajorinne...Read More

The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association added the Miramichi HerIcanes to its stable of original six teams in 2024. The league then added the Truro Tidal Queens to the circuit last season, bringing the MWBA to eight teams, equally divided with four teams in New Brunswick and four in Nova Scotia. A bid to add a...Read More

Never, ever a dull moment. That’s an apt description when it’s time for the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association to determine its PRO•LINE Legacy Cup championship. Four of the league’s PRO•LINE Legacy Cup championships have come down to the wire since the league formed in 2022 and this season’s final was no exception. Just when it...Read More

The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is always thinking ahead. So, how about Christmas? Or summer? Or fall? Or whenever the heart desires to get away from it all. The MWBA, just finishing its fifth anniversary season, has teamed up with Balsam Ridge Forest Domes for a unique prize to escape every day and enjoy something...Read More

The Halifax Thunder has won its third PRO·LINE Legacy Cup championship. In the five-year existence of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association, Thunder has its three titles following a thrilling and dramatic 62-58 victory over Fredericton Freeze at the Richard J. Currie Center in Fredericton. Fredericton charged out of the gate early and had a nine-point...Read More

The Halifax Hornets and Moncton Mystics sure as heck did not mail that one in. Both teams battled hard in an emotional PRO·LINE Legacy Cup consolation outing at the Richard J. Currie Center in Fredericton on Sunday. Halifax emerged triumphant in the back-and-forth outing, pulling away late for an eventual 73-65 win. Ella Hoyt had...Read More