‘Battle of Cavite’ to spice up WMPBL

Two teams from the province of Cavite are set to slug it out, eager to bounce back in the 2025 Women’s Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (WMPBL) Invitational Tournament today (Wednesday) at Enderun Gym.

The Imus-SIS VBL Lady Magdalo and the Cavite-TOL Lady Patriots face off at 6 p.m. in this tournament supported by Manny Pacquiao, Senator Francis Tolentino, and the MPBL Partylist.

Earlier in the day, New Zealand-Bluefire and Centro Escolar University will open the gameday at 4 p.m., both hoping to extend their winning streaks.

On the other hand, Kalos PH and Go for Gold-backed Philippine Navy will aim for their third win in four games when they take on the winless Solar Home squad at 6 p.m.

The Lady Magdalo are looking to recover from a tough 60-108 loss to Discovery Perlas on 26 January, which dropped their record to 1-1.

Led by the trio of Katherine Cantimbuhan, Annie Pamaran and Nikka Villanueva, Imus-SIS VBL aims to avoid an upset against their winless provincial rivals in the so-called “Battle of Cavite.”

Meanwhile, the Lady Patriots are still searching for their first victory after suffering back-to-back defeats — a narrow 54-51 loss to the New Zealand-Bluefire Valkyries on opening day, followed by a 70-57 setback against the Philippine Navy Lady Sailors on 26 January.

Cavite-TOL will rely on La Salle sniper Luisa San Juan to regain her shooting touch and help them break into the win column.