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Florence Talas in action for San Juan against RK Hoops-QC in the 2025 Women’s Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League, September 3, 2025 at the Ynares Center Montalban. Handout/WMPBL

Florence Talas in action for San Juan against RK Hoops-QC in the 2025 Women’s Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League, September 3, 2025 at the Ynares Center Montalban.

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1756912151073WMPBL 25 !st Reg San Juan vs. QC- Jill Talas-1112.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Florence Talas in action for San Juan against RK Hoops-QC in the 2025 Women’s Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League, September 3, 2025 at the Ynares Center Montalban. Handout/WMPBL"/>Florence Talas in action for San Juan against RK Hoops-QC in the 2025 Women’s Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League, September 3, 2025 at the Ynares Center Montalban. Handout/WMPBL</div>MANILA -- San Juan-DN Steel romped to a 92-35 win over RK Hoops-Quezon City to rise to solo first in the 2025 Women&#x27;s Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League regular season, Wednesday at the Ynares Center Montalban.The Lady Knights got it done on the defensive end as they held RK Hoops-QC to single digit scoring in each of the first three quarters en route to the 57-point win.They improved their record to 5-2 in the tournament.&quot;Syempre nandito na tayo sa second round, so every game counts sa&#x27;min ngayon. So coming kami dun sa dalawang [talo], tapos one big game kalaban ang Batangas, &#x27;yun lang. Ayaw na namin bumalik dun sa dati,&quot; said San Juan-DN Steel head coach Ai Lebornio.&quot;Talagang sineseryoso na ng mga bata &#x27;yung ginagawa nila. Hindi lang sila, actually kami rin kasi syempre, may goal din kami gusto namin na mabuo &#x27;yung team namin kahit na bago pa lang,&quot; she added.Florence Talas put up her best scoring performance of the tournament with a game-high 17 points on 50-percent shooting from the field to go along with five rebounds and four steals, while Sthefanie Ventura registered a double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds, laced with four assists.Hazel Panti tallied 11 points, seven assists, and five rebounds, while Rejoice Adlawan and Maimai Canuto added 10 markers apiece for the Lady Knights in the wire-to-wire victory.San Juan-DN Steel stars Janine Pontejos and Chack Cabinbin played limited minutes against the struggling RK Hoops-QC. The former logged 10 minutes and finished with four markers, while the latter went scoreless in almost six minutes of game time.The Lady Knights look to extend its winning run to three games against Pangasinan-Solar Home on September 17, 4 p.m. at the Montano Hall in Cavite City.On the other hand, RK Hoops-QC dropped its fifth consecutive game to fall to 1-5 in the standings.Alexa Peñaroyo and Caryl Molina paced the team with six points apiece, while Darren Joy Canayong and Christine Isip had five markers each.RK Hoops-QC looks to break out of its slump versus Tagaytay-Tol also on September 17.<div> </div><div>The Scores:</div>San Juan-DN Steel 92 – Talas 17, Ventura 16, Panti 11, Adlawan 10, Canuto 10, Tolentino 9, Mendaros 6, Pontejos 4, Paras 4, Ramos 3, Pedregosa 2, Junsay 0, Cabinbin 0RK Hoops-Quezon City 35 – Peñaroyo  6, Molina 6, Canayong 5, Isip 5, Buendia 3, Cayco 3, Alcantara 3, Dela Cruz 2, Flor 2Quarterscores: 21-6, 49-15, 72-24, 92-35

San Juan-DN Steel romped to a 92-35 win over RK Hoops-Quezon City to rise to solo first in the 2025 Women's Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League regular season, Wednesday at the Ynares Center Montalban.

San Juan-DN Steel romped to a 92-35 win over RK Hoops-Quezon City to rise to solo first in the 2025 Women's Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League regular season, Wednesday at the Ynares Center Montalban.

WMPBL: San Juan rises to solo first with rout of RK Hoops-QC

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WMPBL: San Juan rises to solo first with rout of RK Hoops-QC

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Published Sep 03, 2025 11:43 PM PHT

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